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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Ukrainian farmers are producing more wheat and corn than expected in a war-torn country where seeds and inputs are difficult to come by and swaths of farmland are in occupied territory, but exports are on the decline again as Russia steps up its attacks on Ukraine’s beleaguered port facilities, according to a new analysis by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
The Agriculture Department on Thursday raised its yield estimates for corn and soybeans and predicted stronger production for both commodities in its November crop report.
The Agriculture Department has a lot of services, funding and tools for specialty crop farmers – including a new $100 million program to help producers sell their crops overseas – and the USDA wants to make sure that those farmers take advantage of them, Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small told reporters Thursday.
Strong global demand for agricultural commodities will put more pressure on limited phosphate and potash supplies and strengthen fertilizer prices in 2024, Mosaic CEO Joc O’Rourke said Wednesday.
The Biden administration has made it clear it won't use the 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity to negotiate lower tariffs on American ag exports, but U.S. officials insist there are plenty of non-tariff trade barriers to be resolved, and U.S. farm groups’ hopes are high as talks continue this week in San Francisco during a seventh round of negotiations.
The Commerce Department is sharply cutting its duty on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer products to just 2.12%, spurring optimism that imports will resume and provide American farmers with more supply options and better prices.
President Joe Biden and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are stopping at a Minnesota farm today to announce $5 billion in funding for projects across rural America.
American Egg Board President Emily Metz is on a mission to expand the reach of U.S. farmers and processors across the globe and make international trade do for her industry what it’s done for dairy and pork – boost sales and profits.
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