According to statements from union officials, United Auto Workers (UAW) will begin negotiating a 6-year contract with Case New Holland (CNH) in early April. UAW International Director of Public Relations Brian Rothenberg confirmed that the union’s contract covering Case IH workers will expire on...

The Packer's 2022 Fresh Trends report finds that 46% of shoppers say they seek out companies that are "environmentally aware”, especially shoppers with an income of $100K or more per year. There also is a big disparity in how younger consumers look at the issue compared with older consumers....

Speaking at USDA’s virtual Agricultural Outlook Forum, USDA Chief Economist, Seth Meyer, provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture. Here is an overview of key aspects of Dr. Meyer’s presentation.

The USDA says 5.152 billion bushels of U.S. corn were consumed for ethanol production in 2021. That’s an increase of 8% from 2020, when production was constrained by the pandemic.The Renewable Fuels Association says last year’s blend rate was a record 10.34% of every gallon of gasoline sold, with...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is reporting that global food prices hit their highest level on record last month, and that doesn’t account for the full effects of the Ukraine crisis. FAO’s food price index averaged 140.7 points in February, which beat the previous high in February...

While Brazil is the largest soybean competitor to the U.S., the South American giant is also a customer for U.S. hops, and that trade continues to increase, according to a new analysis from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The U.S. exported 1,163 metric tons of hops to Brazil last year as...

A sizable portion of America’s largest farmers are unable to take advantage of many applications and services on the internet because they don’t have a connection or it is of poor quality, according to a Purdue University survey released this week. The gap in access exists at the same time the...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, was recently identified in three more states — Missouri, Maryland and South Dakota, according to USDA. Since the first case was confirmed on February 8 on a turkey farm in southern Indiana, HPAI has been found in 21 domestic...

In January 2022, inflation reached its highest yearly increase at 7.5% in nearly 40 years. But are these high rates here to stay, or are they only a temporary symptom of COVID-19 and the recent supply chain-related disruptions?

Farmer sentiment continues to fluctuate month-to-month as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 6 points to a reading of 125 in February, a mirror image of the previous month. The Index of Current Conditions was down 1 point to a reading of 132, while the Index of Future...

The U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department are dispatching $54 million in food, water, hygiene supplies, blankets and other emergency goods to Ukrainians trying to survive the invasion of Russian troops.“The United States is the single largest donor of humanitarian...

During 2021, U.S. fresh potato exports soared 13% in value and 19% in volume compared with 2020, according to USDA numbers.

American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Zippy Duvall commented recently on the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which challenges EPA’s overreach of its Clean Water Act jurisdiction.

The U.S. Wheat Associates (USWA) is celebrating the arrival of 68,350 metric tons of wheat from the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, in Vietnam. The group says it’s the first shipment to arrive there since Vietnam agreed in December to eliminate its 3% tariff on U.S. wheat.“Eliminating the...

For the first time in the last decade, every region in the United States had fewer Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies in the last year, compared to the year before.  The decrease in bankruptcy filings is a noteworthy shift given the increases in the number of bankruptcies over the previous three years.