dairy producers

Bayer Crop Science is expecting the EPA to announce a renewal and an updated label for the herbicide dicamba in the coming weeks before the next growing season.

A few programs have lost their authorization and funding due to the farm bill expiration. 39 programs effected including bioenergy and agricultural research programs.

Dicamba complaints are down. A story from agriculture.com says one thing farmers have started to appreciate is dicamba is not as forgiving as other herbicides.

Here is a first, African Swine Fever in China was found and located in the northeast part of the country about 130 miles north of the Korean border.

China putting an additional import duty of a 25 percent increase, to the existing 12 percent, on U.S. pork. Improvements made to the Margin Protection Program.

Consumer Confidence Index hit its highest level since the 1990's. Tariffs on steel and aluminum won't be reduce unless NAFTA is revamped that’s fair to the U.S.

Two-year budget includes will make cotton eligible for the Price Loss Coverage program, Farmers.gov is a new interactive website just launched for producers.

The use of generic or off-label dicamba products may have been widespread in Arkansas this year. Agricultural Guestworker Act would replace the existing H-2A program with an H-2C system that allow imported workers to work year-round, but at potentially lower wage rates than now required.

**When President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a month ago, they agreed on a 100-day action plan to address trade barriers between the two countries. Now those discussions appear to be clearing the way for more U.S. beef and biotechnology...

** Sonny Perdue, President Trump’s nominee for Ag Secretary, pledged to be a “tenacious advocate and fighter” for farmers within the administration and says he’ll try to address requests for help from dairy and cotton producers ahead of the next farm bill...