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USDA Releases Net Farm Income Forecast for 2013
2013-02-12 20:29:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Releases Net Farm Income Forecast for 2013 Net farm income is forecast to be $128.2 billion in 2013, up nearly 14% from 2012’s revised forecast of $112.8 billion, according to a release Monday from USDA’s Economic Research Service. After adjusting for inflation, 2013’s net farm income is expected to be the highest since 1973. read more
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USDA Urged to Uphold Commitment to Food Safety Inspection
2013-02-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The National Chicken Council, along with 37 organizations representing various aspects of animal agriculture, livestock and poultry producers, food processing and manufacturing, retail, international trade and transportation, wrote to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to express strong concerns with the possibility of furloughing the nation’s federal meat, poultry and egg products inspectors in the event sequestration goes into effect.
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USDA Extends Census Deadline, Not too Late to Return Agriculture Census
2013-02-11 20:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Farmers and ranchers across the country are heeding the call to have their voices heard and their farms represented in the 2012 Census of Agriculture. With 1.4 million Census forms returned, the USDA is thanking everyone for speaking up for their communities, their industry and their future by sending in their Census form. For those who missed the deadline, USDA reminds producers that their farm is important and needs to be counted. As a result, Census forms are still being accepted. read more
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Soybeans, Corn Plunge as USDA Sees Bigger Supplies Than Forecast
2013-02-10 01:04:28| Food - Topix.net
Soybean futures fell the most in three months and corn extended the longest slump since December after the U.S. government forecasts bigger global inventories of both crops than analysts expected.
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Impact Of Climate Change On Agriculture Will Be Mixed: USDA
2013-02-09 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Over the next 25 years, increasing temperatures will have a generally detrimental impact on most types of crops and livestock, according to one of two reports detailing climate change and adaptation strategies released earlier this week by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The report, entitled Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation, states that the effects of global warming will be mixed over the next 25 years. Higher temperatures may force crop...
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