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U.S. exporters sold 118,000 tons of corn and 120,000 tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2010/2011 marketing year, according to a report by USDA. The marketing year begins Sept. 1 with corn delivery scheduled before Aug. 31. … Continue reading →

USDA has designated Camp, Franklin, Morris, Rains and Titus counties in Texas as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by excessive rain that occurred last October through March 2010. Farmers and ranchers in 11 counties in Texas also are … Continue reading →

The Brooklyn Grange Farm — which was given a stop order by the city of New York to halt work on a 40,000-square-foot garden on the roof of the Standard Motor Products building — has received the permits needed to … Continue reading →

Two counties in New Mexico have been named primary natural disaster areas due to drought and high winds that caused damage to forage and pasture areas. Producers in Colfax and Harding counties qualify for low interest emergency loans from the … Continue reading →

Less than two weeks remain for producers to sign up for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) programs. Farmers and landowners must enroll eligible farms no later than June 1. DCP and ACRE contracts … Continue reading →

Computer engineers are seeking ways to power servers with cow manure. Researchers from Hewlett Packard presented a paper on using cow manure from dairy farms and cattle feedlots to generate electricity to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers conference being … Continue reading →

The second meeting of the Dairy Industry Advisory Committee will be held June 3-4 at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The meeting, which is open to the public, will allow the committee to review farm milk price volatility and dairy farmer profitability. … Continue reading →

An independent study has found that USDA’s international market development programs have had a significant impact on U.S. agricultural trade. According to the report, which focuses on the period between 2002 and 2009, a rise in market development spending increased … Continue reading →

Corn and soybean planting is still on record-setting pace, but rain has caused a major slow down in much of the Midwest. According to USDA, 87 percent of the nations corn crop is planted, which is 9 percentage points ahead … Continue reading →