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Expect More Dicamba Lawsuits for Years to Come, Lawyers Say
Like sharks smelling blood in the water, lawyers are rushing to capitalize on the landmark dicamba injury case Bader Farms…
Pork Board Survey Shows Consumers Will Stop Buying if ASF Hits
National Pork Board CEO Bill Even says the results of consumer research have amplified the need to promote food safety…
Processors Raise Prices as U.S. Faces Possible Sugar Shortage
After last year’s bad weather in the Midwest, a freeze in Louisiana and a drought in Mexico, the United States…
Sickness Spreads Through Freight Markets
Imagine you are a freight provider — a trucker, say — and the demand for your services is so poor…
Texas Corn Crop Expected to Set Record in 2020
Texas corn producers face a 2020 that could provide price opportunity ahead of what is shaping up to be a…
U.S. Dairy Consumption Trends in 9 Charts
The recent bankruptcies of dairy processors Dean Foods and Borden Dairy highlighted challenges within the dairy industry. Downward trends in dairy consumption, mainly milk, was frequently…
Progress on U.S.-China Phase One agreement
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that China has taken numerous…
The 2020 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA’s Chief Economist
Speaking on Thursday at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia, USDA Chief Economist Robert C. Johansson provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture.…
Corn Prices-Farmer Holding and the Coronavirus
Old crop corn basis and futures spreads continue to signal a smaller crop scenario than the price levels in the…
More Farmers Convert to Organic in 2019, Beat Forecasts
U.S. farmers harvested nearly 3.3 million acres of certified organic field crops in 2019, driven by 14% more organic field…