Articles by Daniel Enoch

A federal judge has ordered an Iowa couple to pay almost $1.4 million in a civil judgement for submitting phony claims for loan deficiency payments to USDA’s Farm Service Agency.

Estimated U.S. soybean supplies for the current marketing year are 5 million bushels higher than projected a month ago, thanks to increased imports, mostly from Canada, according to USDA.

China’s plan to stop building cotton reserves and offer support through a target price mechanism will play a role in shaping the outlook for the fiber in 2014, according to economists at the National Cotton Council.

Rancho Feeding Corp., of Petaluma, California, is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because they were processed from “diseased and unsound animals,” USDA said

.U.S. beef exports rose to a record $6.157 billion last year, a 12 percent jump, while overseas pork sales fell, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said.

Improved moisture conditions in much of the U.S. in the coming year will ensure continued supplies of cheap cattle feed, CattleFax analysts told an audience at the industry’s biggest convention Wednesday in Nashville

The U.S. cattle industry needs to change the way it produces beef if it is to stay competitive

U.S. corn growers should probably resign themselves to lower prices from the 2014 harvest and have a strong cash reserve to get through the tougher times ahead.

The U.S. cattle herd as of Jan. 1 was the smallest since 1951, USDA said today in a report.