USDA’s Insurance Option Offers First of Its Kind Risk Management Tool for Cow-Calf Producers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing Weaned Calf Risk Protection, a new insurance option for livestock producers in several states. This policy, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), offers Actual
Dairy Margin Coverage Program Provides Critical Support for Dairy Operations
WASHINGTON – Sept. 29, 2023— The August milk margin triggered the eighth consecutive payment for dairy producers who obtained Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for the 2023 program year. August’s income over feed margin is $6.46 per hundredweight (cwt.) with projected DMC payments totaling
USDA Releases September 2023 Quarterly Grain Stocks and Small Grains Annual Summary Reports
(WASHINGTON D.C.)– On Friday, USDA released the September 2023 Quarterly Grain Stocks and Small Grains Annual Summary reports. On the grain stocks report, USDA said corn stocks as of September 1st were 1.361 billion bushels which came
NREL Releases Sixth Edition of Biodiesel Handling and Use Guide
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its sixth edition of the Biodiesel Handling and Use Guide for those who blend, distribute, and/or use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. Funded by Clean Fuels Alliance America,
Scientists Ratchet Up Key Amino Acid in Corn
Experimental lines of field corn developed by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists will usher in new commercial hybrids offering high-methionine grain. The advance, reported in a recent issue of Crop Science, will be especially
United States Hog Inventory Slightly Higher
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2023 – As of Sept. 1, there were 74.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up slightly from September 2022 and up 2% from June 1, 2023, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs
USA Rice Applauds Congressional Action to Force India into Trade Compliance
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Boozman (R-AR), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Roger Wicker (R-MS);
USDA Announces New Grapevine Insurance Program to Protect Against Natural Hazards
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is expanding crop insurance options with a new Grapevine insurance program, which will provide coverage for loss of grafted vines caused by natural
USDEC Builds Upon Key Latin America Partnership
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) today renewed a partnership to advance cooperation between the organizations in promoting and harmonizing science-based standards related
Drought Lessening In North Dakota
(Bismarck, ND) — After an unusually dry year so far, drought conditions across North Dakota are finally starting to lessen. A drought map shows that 45-percent of the state is currently in drought, down from 54-percent last