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U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year 2021 are projected at $140.5 billion, up $5.5 billion from previous estimates. Earlier this week the Department of Agriculture released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report. The report says the increase is primarily driven by higher exports of soybeans and corn ...

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a virtual public meeting on Salmonella next month. Federal agencies included in the meeting will discuss the commitment to reduce pathogen contamination to decrease salmonella infections associated with regulated food items. T ...

The Sustainable Ag Summit partners announced the virtual event this week planned for November. Scheduled for November 18th and 19th, the event is hosted jointly by six agricultural organizations and convenes leaders from across the agricultural value chain to create a sustainability event for production agriculture ...

U.S red meat and poultry production is already starting to recover from the problems associated with the coronavirus pandemic. And as Gary Crawford explains, a new USDA forecast says that recovery will take 2021’s output above 2019’s pre-coronavirus numbers. ... Read More ...

Meat production continues to rebound in the United States from its low point when dozens of plants were closed because of COVID-19. However, industry experts said consumer prices are likely going to stay higher than they’re used to, plus it will take months to work through a backlog of millions of pigs and cattle that had nowhere to go for processing. As ...

U.S. exports of livestock products, such as milk, meat, and poultry remain very strong, and could end this fiscal year well ahead of 2019. This from USDA’s new Outlook. USDA’s Chief economist, , Rob Johansson, said unlike some of the bulks crop items, analysts have not really had to reduce their export forecasts for meat, milk and poultry. "We stil ...

Things in the beef, pork, and broiler sectors may look bleak at the moment, however, as USDA Outlook Chairman, Mark Jekanowski put it, "Many of these supply chain challenges are going to be resolved in the weeks and months ahead. However, the USDA Outlook Chairman added ...

A new law says the 15 million egg-laying hens in Michigan’s poultry flocks will have to lay their eggs in cage-free housing systems before 2025. Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist signed the legislation last week as Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a trade trip to Israel. The ...

According to a new study published by the National Farmers Union, the average American farmer and rancher takes home 12.1 cents from every dollar that consumers spend on their Thanksgiving dinner meals.  According to the NFU’s Farmer’s Share publication, farmers receive 14.6 cents of every...

The Washington Department of Health is investigating four more cases of Salmonella link to backyard poultry.  Last week’s cases were reported in Clallam, Island, Stevens and Spokane counties.  That brings the total number of cases being investigated this year up to 20.   Those ...