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Archive for the 'Cotton' Category
Washington DC - March 10 - Corn harvested area declined 10,000 acres in Michigan, but was unchanged in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Corn production in the U.S. is estimated at 13.1 billion bushels, down fractionally from previous estimates.
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Washington DC - March 9 - Brazil announced it is moving forward on retaliation for injuries due to the U.S. cotton program and the export credit guarantee program. The retaliation list totals 102 products including both agricultural and industrial goods.
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Washington DC - February 8 - U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 10.1 million acres of cotton this spring, up more than 10 percent from 2009, according to the National Cotton Council’s 27th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey.
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Washington DC - September 2 - Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation Voiced his dissapointment in the WTO’s decision regarding awards in Brazilian cotton dispute.
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Washington - May 22 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that after a thorough review of scientific evidence it will deregulate the genetically engineered cotton line GHB614.
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Washington DC -November 12- Corn and soybean producers will likely have to wait until the first of the new year for any rally in prices while cotton producers may continue to struggle with low prices, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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SOURCE: American Farm Bureau Federation
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Washington DC -August 12- Despite June’s severe flooding in the Midwest, U.S. farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Washington DC -July 7- America’s farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments beginning today.
Washington DC -May 13- Tight supplies and strong demand mean prices for corn and soybeans are likely to remain high for the foreseeable future, according to American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economic analysis of two recent government reports.
Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.
Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.
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Washington DC -March 31- On the heels of last year’s record-high corn production, U.S. farmers intend to plant 8 percent fewer corn acres in 2008, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 2- USDA’s annual spring-planting report indicates that America’s farmers will plant 12.1 million (15 percent) more acres of corn than last year, a total of 90.5 million acres, according to analysis conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Read the rest of this entry »