USDA is boasting that at 12 percent per year, organic farming is “one of the fasting-growing segments of American agriculture." It also claims to have made $1 billion in “investments” since 2009 in 40,000 local/regional food businesses and infrastructure projects.
USDA is boasting that at 12 percent per year, organic farming is “one of the fasting-growing segments of American agriculture." The agency spends millions of dollars each year promoting organic and cost-sharing producer transitions to that method. It also claims to have made $1 billion in “investments” since 2009 in 40,000 local/regional food businesses and infrastructure projects intended to give consumers a stronger “connection”...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
