Agri-Pulse By Daniel Enoch USDA today forecast net farm income for this year at $65.7 billion, up from a February projection but down $9.8 billion, or 13 percent, from 2017, when the broad measure of farmland profits increased nearly 23 percent. … Continued
Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers (240) 423-4345, ceannello@wheatworld.org Washington, D.C. (August 27, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released details of the $12 billion package of aid to farmers hurt by retaliation … Continued
Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers (240) 423-4345, ceannello@wheatworld.org Washington, D.C. (August 27, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released details of the $12 billion package of aid to farmers hurt by retaliation … Continued
Contact: Steve Mercer, USW Vice President of Communications, (703) 650-0251, smercer@uswheat.org ARLINGTON, Virginia — U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) believes today’s breakthrough in NAFTA negotiations with Mexico and the announcement that the trade dispute aid package for U.S. agriculture includes new funding for export market … Continued
The Associated Press More than 200 researchers around the world have published a research article saying they finally cracked the complete genome of wheat after 13 years of work. Kansas State University scientists, who collaborated with the International Wheat Genome … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Jackie Smith, 806-746-6101, j-smith34@tamu.edu LUBBOCK – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a free two-day workshop at Lubbock that will cover the basics and options related to the new seed cotton addition … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-77-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Curtis Adams, 940-552-9941, Curtis.adams@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – A team of scientists from Texas A&M AgriLife and the University of Florida are working to increase and stabilize guar production in the … Continued
The wheat genome sequence will bring stronger wheat varieties to farmers Contacts: Marsha Boswell, mboswell@kswheat.com Haley Ahlers, hahlers@ksu.edu, Project Manager, Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, 785.532.2366 Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing … Continued
New tools added: from mobile-friendly service center locator to soil health webpage to an online playbook. Southwest Farm Press Agricultural producers have new resources available to them to prepare for and recover from impacts of natural disasters on the U.S. … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Emi Kimura, 940-552-9941 ext. 233, emi.kimura@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Paul DeLaune, 940-552-9941, pbdelaune@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – The Rolling Plains field tour, Practices to Improve Soil Health and Soil/Water Conservation, will be hosted Aug. 29 by Texas A&M … Continued