Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

The Yonder Report
Agriculture built towns on America’s high plains, but now might run them dry; a Texas drone experiment aims to improve healthcare in rural areas; and U.S. growers of wool and cotton get federal ...
Curtis Media Feb 15, 2024

January WASDE Bearish for U.S. Soybeans
The January World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report details South American soybean production and its impact on the market. Mac Marshall, vice president of market intelligence with USB, notes that...
Curtis Media Feb 14, 2024

January WASDE Bearish for U.S. Soybeans
The January World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report details South American soybean production and its impact on the market. Mac Marshall, vice president of market intelligence with USB, notes that...
Curtis Media Feb 14, 2024

Vilsack: 2022 Census of Agriculture a ‘Wake-Up Call’
The USDA released the 2022 Census of Agriculture this week. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says some of the results were concerning, especially the number of farms and total amount of farmland across Americ...
Curtis Media Feb 14, 2024

Cultivated Meat Investment Falls
The last 12 months have been challenging for cultivated meat and seafood companies trying to raise capital. AGFunderNews.com says Finless Foods is making cutbacks to conserve cash, New Age Eats is run...
Curtis Media Feb 14, 2024

FMMO Next Steps Begin
With the Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing now complete, USDA is now considering the more than 12,000 pages of testimony as it formulates a plan for FMMO modernization. The National Milk Producers ...
Curtis Media Feb 14, 2024

Pilot Program Placing Hot Chocolate Milk in Schools
A dairy checkoff partnership is putting hot chocolate milk into the hands of students during a pilot with a leading school foodservice company. National Dairy Council and Chartwells K12, which serves ...
Curtis Media Feb 13, 2024

H-2A Proposed Changes Considered Detrimental to Farmers
Proposed changes to the H-2A Visa program, from the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security, could make life much more challenging for growers across the country.Kate Tynan, Senior Vice President a...
Curtis Media Feb 13, 2024

Growth Rate of World Ag Production Slows
USDA says in the last decade, world agricultural output grew at an average annual rate of 1.94 percent per year, far slower than the 2.74 percent growth rate over the prior decade. That's also below t...
Curtis Media Feb 13, 2024

Canadian Ranchers Concerned about ‘USA’ Labeling Proposal
Cattle industry representatives from Canada and Mexico attended the U.S. National Cattlemen's annual conference recently in Orlando, Florida. Meetings involved the three partner-countries in the USMCA...
Curtis Media Feb 13, 2024
