National Wool ReviewMay 24
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News Highlights
NATIONAL FEEDER
Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
Tariffs are putting U.S. beef and pork at a disadvantage in some key foreign markets.
Details of President Trump’s $16 billion tariff relief to agricultural producers are not complete, but groups are thankful for aid and concerned about continued export market damage.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is delivering another $16 billion in aid to farmers hurt by his trade policies, an effort to relieve economic pain among his supporters in rural Americ…
A new, post-Brexit trade agreement between the U.S. and the United Kingdom could lower tariffs on U.S. hops and apples into the UK, a UK consul says.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is providing another $16 billion in aid to U.S. farmers hurt by his trade policies.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Illegal killings and longstanding political resistance have undercut the return of two species of endangered wolves to the wild, frustrating government efforts that alread…
Washington farmers have signed up to plant more than 6,000 acres of hemp this year, joining a national rush just as federal regulators ramp up scrutiny of health claims about the crop’s most p…
BERLIN (AP) — The German government wants to relax rules against shooting wolves if the animals kill sheep or other livestock.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California growers are frustrated by an unusually wet spring that has delayed the planting of some crops like rice and damaged others including strawberries and wine grapes.
May 4
Producer groups hope resolution of the trade dispute with Mexico and Canada will spur additional export opportunities in those countries and beyond.
SEATTLE (AP) — Workers at a $1.7 billion polysilicon plant in central Washington believe President Donald Trump's trade war with China may be their best chance for staying employed.
A 20% tariff on U.S. apples into Mexico has ended probably boosting sales for the last three months of this season and help new crop sales starting this fall.
China may slap more tariffs on U.S. cranberries, an often-targeted industry that has increased exports this year despite previous rounds of retaliatory duties, according to figures compiled by…
USDA is confident the value of U.S. agriculture to Japan and China will result in successful trade negotiations.
Organic accounts for nearly 6% of all food sales in the U.S. and almost 15% of all produce sales.
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong retiree Lee Wai-man loves pork fresh from the market but eats a lot less now that the price has jumped as China struggles with a deadly swine disease that has sent sho…
MADRID, Iowa (AP) — Iowa farmer Tim Bardole survived years of low crop prices and rising costs by cutting back on fertilizer and herbicides and fixing broken-down equipment rather than buying …
Farmer Milo Call has designed and built a system that remotely controls his irrigation pivot by using UHF radios.
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National Wool ReviewMay 17
NATIONAL FEEDER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some business and farm groups are cheering an agreement Friday lifting import taxes on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico.
Portland Daily Grain Report
Domestic and export 3rd, 4th and 5th cutting Alfalfa steady in a light test in the Columbia Basin.
Regarding the May 3, 2019, print edition story: GMO Arctic Fuji gains final U.S. approval. Packaging now includes information on the biotechnology.
Fluid Milk and Cream — Western U.S.
The new terms will allow U.S. beef and beef products from all cattle, regardless of age, access to Japanese markets.
Demand, small EU crop among factors
Deere cut its profit and sales expectations for the year as a trade war between the U.S. and China escalates at the same time that farmers are attempting to recover from a planting season besi…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota is once again tops in the nation in the production of honey.
Robert Dent, a seed producer and seed company owner in Tasmania, Australia, said the International Herbage Seed Group Conference, held in Oregon, May 14-16, was an opportunity to pick up the l…
A drive through Oregon’s Willamette Valley will quickly convince any Midwesterner that agriculture in the Pacific Northwest is far different from the Corn Belt.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Wednesday his agency is still "in the throes of constructing" an aid package for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs, but he is not pr…
Seeking grant to bolster Farm to School program
U.S. apples, pears and cherries are not hit by China’s latest round of tariffs. Economist says President Trump needs allies to fight China.
DETROIT (AP) — Want to ditch the shopping cart? Grocery delivery services are growing rapidly, but shoppers need to decide if the convenience is worth the higher cost.
May 4
Crop insurance, disaster aid and trade-mitigation assistance are not enough to keep farmers whole in the current economic climate.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company's popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused …
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials listed $300 billion more of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes while Beijing vowed Tuesday to "fight to the finish" in an escalating trade battle that is fue…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — China's announcement Monday of higher tariffs on $60 billion of American exports — retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest penalties on Chinese goods — hit part…
Scheduled speaker Robert Blair is pioneer in on-farm drone use
BEIJING (AP) — Soybean farmers are growing frustrated by the lack of progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China.
Low prices, trade disputes and natural disasters are putting financial pressure on the farm economy.
BEIJING (AP) — Deepening its trade battle with the U.S. and sending financial markets spinning, China announced tariff hikes Monday on $60 billion of American goods in retaliation for Presiden…
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has picked up his barbeque tongs to convey his message to Japan: Buy more American beef.