Category: Peanuts
Can History Making $20 Billion in Inflation Reduction Act Get Rolled Out Quickly Enough? Mar 21, 2023
In the pecking order of priorities on the farm, conservation practices have often ranked relatively low on the list – not from a lack of farmer interest so much as […]
State Ag Officials Celebrate Nat’l Ag Day, Issue “Feeding The Economy” Report Mar 21, 2023
ARLINGTON, VA — Today on National Ag Day, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture celebrates the many contributions agriculture makes to our nation’s security and prosperity. NASDA is […]
Safeguard Your Funds: What Farmers Can Learn from the Recent Bank Collapses Mar 20, 2023
In mid-March, bank regulators shuttered and seized deposits from two high-profile banks: Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The bank collapses sent tremors through the financial system — surfacing memories […]
What Bodies of Water are Considered WOTUS? Mar 20, 2023
The EPA’s new definition of Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) takes effect Monday. It will be a key topic Wednesday when EPA Administrator Michael Regan appears before the Senate Environment […]
USDA Weekly National Posted Prices for Peanuts Mar 17, 2023
The following prices are effective from Wednesday 03/15/2023 at 12:01 am Eastern Time until midnight Tuesday 03/21/2023. The next announcement is scheduled for Tuesday 03/21/2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time. […]
USDA Releases U.S. Organic Production, Markets, Consumers And Policy Outlook Report Mar 17, 2023
This report describes U.S. organic policy initiatives since 2000 and examines the importance of investment in organic research. The report also investigates key components of organic supply chains, and characteristics […]
Privately Developed Crop Insurance Products and the Next Farm Bill Mar 17, 2023
Private parties have developed many crop insurance products offered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA)] through a 508(h) process. Herein, we describe that process and then illustrate some of the […]
USDA Releases Oil Crops Price Outlook Report Mar 15, 2023
Drought slashes Argentina’s soybean and sunflower output. To read entire report, Click Here
Why Are Some Ag Retailers Sitting on High Fertilizer Prices? Making Sense of the Disparity Right Now Mar 15, 2023
Fertilizer and herbicide prices continue to fall, and there are signs the decline could continue into spring. Now the issue is the number of agricultural retailers sitting on high-priced inputs, […]
Planting Forecast: Will Spring Rains Undo Winter’s Sins? Mar 14, 2023
The weather story of 2022 was drought. At a minimum, 44% of the country was covered in drought, and last year marked the largest contiguous U.S. drought footprint since 2012. […]