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USDA Reports Provide Some Price Direction
2013-01-14 18:33:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois On Jan. 11, the USDA released a series of reports that provide important fundamental information for the crop markets. The information included the final estimate of the size of the 2012 United States corn and soybean crops, estimates of Dec. 1 crop inventories, a winter wheat seedings estimate and updated U.S. and world supply and consumption forecasts for the current marketing year. University of Illinois agricultural economist Darrel Good offers his analysis of the reports. read more
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USDA Announces Speakers for Ag Outlook Forum
2013-01-14 16:11:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced speakers for the 2013 Agricultural Outlook Forum, “Managing Risk in the 21st Century,” Feb. 21-22 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, VA. read more
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USDA Appoints New Advisory Committee on Meat & Poultry Inspection
2013-01-14 15:08:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the appointments to the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) for 2012-2014. The committee advises the secretary on matters affecting federal and state inspection program activities and contributes to USDAs regulatory policy development. read more
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USDA to award $25M for R&D for next-generation biofuels
2013-01-11 20:30:24| Green Car Congress
USDA Declares Winter Wheat Belt Drought Disaster Area
2013-01-11 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared 597 counties across 14 states natural disaster areas as a result of the ongoing drought that threatens the winter wheat crop. These are the first drought-related natural disaster declarations of the year, and mark the second year in a row that such measures were necessary due to the drought event, which is the worst such event since the 1950s. Overall drought impacts across the continental U.S. improved slightly this week, due to mild...
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