After two months of silence in reporting, today the USDA is releasing a number of reports. This includes the 2018 production report, detailing final yield results for a variety of crops. Today’s report includes information that would normally be published…
As per capita animal protein consumption in the U.S. soars to all-time highs in 2019, the U.S. animal protein sectors will need to increase their focus on international markets for growth. Export growth will be key for U.S. beef, pork…
This year’s Super Bowl between the third and fourth best teams in the NFL was a yawner. It did, however, provide some Super Bowl firsts, like the oldest quarterback and oldest coach ever to win the big game, and the…
Due to the recent lapse in federal funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has not published a weekly export sales report since December 20, 2018. FAS has resumed daily reporting of export sales and will implement…
Areas of South Korea are on quarantine after a dairy farm was found to have foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in its cow herd. The outbreak was identified on a 120 cow dairy near the city of Anseong, which is 67.6 km…
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) on Tuesday called for Congress to end the government shutdown and provide the funding President Donald Trump is demanding for a border wall. “So I’m in the room with the other leadership, and…
2018 was a record-breaking year for U.S. pork exports to South Korea. With November and December data still to be compiled, export volume (191,610 metric tons) and value ($538.4 million) have already shattered previous highs set in 2011. At that…
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed lifting some, if not all tariffs on China. He may even offer a tariff rollback during the next round of trade discussions. Those talks are planned to begin…
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced many FSA offices across the country will open for three days. In a Tweet, he stated the offices will be open on 1/17 (Thursday), 1/18 (Friday) & 1/22 (Tuesday) to help farmers with…
The House voted late Thursday to reopen the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill passed 243-183, 10 of those votes were Republicans. The Republican-controlled Senate, however, has shown no signs of taking up any of the three funding bills passed…