Cotton

NASS announced Tuesday the agency will review all available acreage data for select crops.  The agency said it will review planted and harvested acreage for chickpeas, corn, cotton, dry edible peas, lentils, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and sugarbeets, in preparation for the September Crop Production report.  The rev...

There are a lot of things you can say about high commodity prices.  They make export values look really good, but sometimes those high prices can reduce the actual amount of product that overseas buyers are willing, or able to buy from American producers.  Th...

Projected US Ag trade continues to reach record numbers. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer said the 2nd quarter trade forecast indicates: "The current year we're in now: exports estimated at a record $191 billion." Up by $7.5 billion from February's estimate, fueled by across-the-board rises in exported commodities ...

The 2021 calendar year has the honor of being the best U.S. agricultural export year, with record sales valued at $177 billion; up 18% from 2020. One reason for the record setting year was how it ended. With November sales the highest of any month in history and follow that with December, which USDA Economist Bart Kenner noted had the highest December exports on record ...

On the trade front, the USDA is out with the latest numbers for the first eleven months of calendar year 2021. "Agricultural exports through November of 2021 were $160.6 billion; a 20% increase from 2020," noted USDA economist, Bart Kenner, adding for the first eleven months of last year, wheat exports were running 16% ahead of the same time frame in 2020, and even more impressive: &quo

The USDA cut its farm exports forecast in 2022, blaming weaker soybean demand from China and lower soybean prices. The Economic Research Service says it now expects American ag exports to hit $175.5 billion in the fiscal year 2022, down from the August forecast of $2 billion ...

The USDA now has all of the trade numbers from Fiscal Year 2021. As the books closed at the end of September, numbers showed the U.S. exported just over $172 billion worth of Ag products. That's $32.5 billion more than in 2020. "A good increase and far and away a record," noted USDA economist and trade tracker, Bart Kenner ...

The EPA’s recent decision to end the use of the widely employed food and non-food crop pesticide chlorpyrifos will not take effect immediately. American Farm Bureau Vice President of Public Affairs Sam Kieffer said they asked EPA staffers about the timing of the chlorpyrifos ban and when it was being announced, which he noted led the AFBF to believe the ban was immediate. But ...

A rise in corn and soybean production, significant increases in cotton production and a drop in winter wheat forecasts. Those are just a few of the takeaways from the August USDA Crop Production Report. Rod Bain breaks down the numbers. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

The USDA's Economic Research Service said farmers utilizing cover crops most commonly choose rye grass or winter wheat. Researchers reported which cover crops were grown the fall before planting corn, cotton, and soybeans. For corn fields intended for use as grain or silage in data from 2016, more than 90% of acres with cover crops used a grass or small grain cover crop, such as rye, winter wheat