Author: Membership

STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES –

A new Stress and Mental Health Resources page is live on AFBF’s website. It includes information about recognizing the warning signs of stress and how to help someone who may … Read More

SLOW HARVEST PACE, YIELDS BEAR STRIKING SIMILARITY TO 2009 –

It was just 10 years ago farmers experienced one of the longest and wettest harvest seasons of recent history in 2009. With USDA trimming its statewide yield estimates to 179 … Read More

SENATE TO MOVE ON SPENDING BILLS –

With another government funding deadline looming a month from now, Senate Republicans want to advance a fiscal 2020 domestic spending package as soon as this week that would include funding … Read More

AFTER U.S. TRADE TALKS, CHINA RAMPS UP BRAZILIAN SOY PURCHASES –

Chinese importers have been busy booking fresh purchases of soybeans from Brazil this week, despite the White House announcement that China had agreed to buy up to $50 billion of … Read More

TRUMP FACES AG’S FURY OVER ETHANOL RULE –

Biofuel groups are imploring the EPA to reconsider its supplemental rule on blending requirements released last week. The rule was aimed at helping corn growers and ethanol producers who have … Read More

AGRONOMIST: CONSIDER STALK QUALITY IN HARVEST DECISIONS –

It’s now to the point in the season in which farmers should weigh stalk quality concerns versus extended harvest delays as many wait for the crop to dry down in … Read More

STUDY SHOWS PIG FARMERS IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT –

A new environmental study shows pig farms generate less manure nutrient content associated with odor. Researchers gathered data from 106,000 samples at 182 North Carolina pig farms. It shows significant … Read More

2019 WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER: ‘THE SMALL GUYS REALLY DO MATTER — AND SO DO VEGETABLES’ –

Simon N. Groot, this year’s winner of the World Food Prize, said he built his company’s success on one philosophy: “Be a true friend of farmers, because the small guys … Read More

U.S. TARIFFS THREATEN LIVELIHOODS OF SPAIN’S OLIVE-FARMING FAMILIES –

The double whammy of the U.S. 25% import tariffs kicking in on Friday and a recent steep drop in global olive oil prices is threatening the subsistence of thousands of … Read More

EUROPE’S SPECIALTY FOOD MAKERS BRACE FOR US TARIFFS –

European producers of specialty agricultural products like French wine, Italian Parmesan and Spanish olives are facing a U.S. tariff hike due Friday with a mix of trepidation and indignation at … Read More

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