Agriculture

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the adjustment to the volume-based safeguard for US beef entering Japan is an important first step in furthering trade between the two countries. NCBA’s senior director of international trade and market access Kent Bacus says there is long-term certainty in the Japanese market.  “That’s really good for US beef producers and Japanese consumers,” he says.  “We don’t have to worry about exceeding our reach […]

Input prices and for the most part commodity prices have been on a higher trajectory and that could have an impact on acres this year. In this Managing for Profit, Mac Marshall with the United Soybean Board shares his thoughts ahead of the USDA’s prospective plantings report next week. AUDIO: Mac Marshall, United Soybean Board ...

Wisconsin officials are continuing to work with a Jefferson County egg producer whose flock became infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says this is the only case in the state, and nearly three million hens are being depopulated and composted on property owned by the farm.  The department has distributed information about the process to the farm’s neighbors, and they are urging […]

The National Potato Council is disappointed with USDA’s decision to resume table stock potato sales from Canada’s Prince Edward Island to the U.S. Council CEO Kam Quarles tells Brownfield says Prince Edward Island has potato wart and their growers can no longer ship seed potatoes, but there is still a danger of bringing the disease with consumer-ready table potatoes. “A number of our growers are very concerned about the potential […]