Nov 19, 2009 10:19 AM, From Catfish Farmers of America
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries halt on the sale of imported Asian catfish and related fish contaminated by banned drugs underscores the urgency of implementing a congressionally-approved law for tough USDA inspections and regulations of imported catfish and catfish-like products, according to the Catfish Farmers of America....
Nov 18, 2009 9:28 AM, By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The World Trade Organization arbitration report on the infamous Brazilian cotton case says the U.S. will have to forfeit $300 million in export trade to the South American country....
Nov 13, 2009 10:20 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton futures broke out of a month-long trading range and surged to the highest level in over a year on Nov. 11 on spec trading....
Nov 12, 2009 9:38 AM
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has communicated to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk its priorities for restarting World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda on a foundation that offers an improved opportunity for a successful outcome for U.S. farmers....
Nov 4, 2009 9:41 AM
The International Cotton Advisory Committee is projecting world cotton production will fall 5 percent to 103 million bales in the 2009-10 marketing year; potentially sending cotton prices 9 percent higher....
Nov 3, 2009 9:37 AM, From the American Soybean Association
Soybean farming has changed dramatically since 1920. ...
Oct 19, 2009 9:29 AM
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is offering Virginia specialty producers the opportunity to introduce their products to the upscale Japanese market through a partnership with the Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA). ...
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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