Articles by Steve Davies

Corn and soybean prices fell Friday following USDA’s release of its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which projects a record soybean crop and “smaller supplies, larger exports, and reduced ending stocks” for corn.

Hurricane Helene had an estimated $6.46 billion impact on Georgia’s agriculture industry, according to preliminary reports announced by Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper. 

Increases for a wide variety of staples helped drive grocery store prices up 0.4% in September, the largest jump since January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.

Several farm groups, led by the International Fresh Produce Association, filed a lawsuit Tuesday evening against the Department of Labor’s H-2A rule finalized in April.

Category Five Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area late Wednesday or early Thursday. It will be the fourth hurricane to strike the Florida farming community in 14 months.

Some food industry groups who are closely watching meetings of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee are fiercely advocating for their products as the DGAC works to complete its scientific report, which will be used to develop the actual guidelines.

USDA has directed crop insurance companies to expedite loss adjustments necessary to make payments to producers impacted by Hurricane Helene, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday.

East Coast dockworkers agreed to end their two-day strike after coming to a “tentative agreement on wages” with the United States Maritime Alliance, the International Longshoremen’s Association and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday. 

East Coast dockworkers ended their strike after reaching a “tentative agreement on wages” with the United States Maritime Alliance, the International Longshoremen’s Association and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday. The two sides have extended their current contract and will keep negotiating until Jan. 15 to finalize a new one.