Jan 7, 2009 9:56 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton producers have become accustomed to having their prices whipsawed by events on the other side of the world. ...
Dec 31, 2008 10:40 AM, By Don Shurley
Extension Economist
University of Georgia
In its November numbers, USDA estimates the 2008 U.S. cotton crop at 13.5 million bales — down about 200,000 bales from the October estimate. ...
Dec 31, 2008 8:06 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
A more liberalized international trade policy likely will not be an Obama administration priority in his first year in office. ...
Dec 30, 2008 10:08 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has requested consultations under the World Trade Organization dispute settlement process to try to force Chinese officials to end their government’s “Famous Brands” export subsidy programs....
Dec 16, 2008 9:38 AM, By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has decided against holding a mid-December ministerial meeting that some said would have been aimed at trying to wrap up the Doha Round before a new U.S. administration takes office....
Dec 8, 2008 9:51 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As Gary Adams, vice-president of economic and policy analysis for the National Cotton Council, took the podium to address the Sourcing USA Summit recently in Austin, Texas, someone asked if he had good news about the cotton market....
Nov 26, 2008 8:16 AM, By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
Berries produced in the United States have enjoyed unprecedented sales on the world market recently, says an executive with an international bank involved in food and agribusiness, but that growth might be slowed if the value of the U.S. dollar continues to rise....
News from the Farm BillHouse votes to suspend base acre provisionSep 26, 2008 9:14 AM The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits. ... Senators, ag secretary spar over ACRE provisionsSep 16, 2008 10:21 AM, By Forrest Laws A group of farm-state senators led by Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin is asking Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer to stop trying to re-write the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 through the regulations implementing the new farm bill.... ACRE could be boon or bust for southern farmersJul 15, 2008 9:34 AM, By Forrest Laws The chairmen of the House and the Senate Agriculture Committees and the Bush administration couldn’t find much to agree on in the 2008 farm bill. ... Farm bill, flooding: Economist Daryll RayJul 9, 2008 9:57 AM, By David Bennett After the first round of producer organization-sponsored farm bill meetings, Southeast farmers still have plenty of questions about the new legislation.... |
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