Proposed U.S. Hemp Rules Worry Industry
Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural…
Trade Opportunities and Risks
While trade attention is focused on China with Wednesday’s expected deal signing, USDA’s administrator for the Foreign Agricultural Service looked…
How America Uses Its Land
There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world…
Getting Ready for Hemp
Ohio getting hemp rules in place for spring planting of new cash crop Drive through southern Ohio this summer, and…
Trade and U.S. Meat
In earlier posts, we have looked at the growing role of trade in global and U.S. crop production. The trends…
Market Impact of Swine Fever
African Swine Fever Continues to Propel “Profound” Market Changes Last week, Financial Times writers Emiko Terazono, Andres Schipani and Jamie Smyth reported…
Waiting for the Trade Deal
The highly anticipated release of USDA’s crop production and ending stocks reports last Friday created a somewhat negative tone in…
Is Waterway Funding Enough?
2020 Spending Bill Gives Money to Aging US Waterways; Is It Enough? Late on Dec. 20, 2019, President Donald Trump…
Spring Flood Outlook Meetings
Spring Flood Outlook Meetings Planned by National Weather Service The National Weather Service has scheduled meetings to discuss the flood…
China Suspends Biofuel Initiative
China has suspended its plan to implement a nationwide gasoline blend containing 10% ethanol this year, three sources briefed on…