WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL--23-0945) on May 12, 2023, entitled "U.S. Imports and Export Price Indexes - April 2023": * * * Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.4 percent in April following a 0.8-percent decline in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Higher fuel prices drove the advance in April. The price index for U.S. exports rose 0.2 percent in April, after declining 0.6  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Arizona Field Office issued the following news release: ARIZONA HIGHLIGHTS Durum wheat production in Arizona, based on conditions as of May 1, 2023, is forecast at 4.13 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 57 percent below last year's produc  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of May 1, 2023, is forecast at 49.50 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 38 percent above last year's  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Michigan wheat growers anticipate lower yields in 2023 than they had last year, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. Michigan wheat growers expect to harvest 580,000 acres, up 165,000 acres from last year. Wheat production in the State is expected to be 47.0 million bus  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Kentucky Field Office issued the following news release: Kentucky farmers expect to harvest 34.0 million bushels of winter wheat during 2023 according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected crop for 2023 would be up 13% from the previous year. Farmers seeded 610,000 acres last fall with 430,000 acres to be harvested for grain. Bas  more

HELENA, Montana, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: MONTANA HIGHLIGHTS Winter wheat production in Montana, based on conditions as of May 1, 2023, is forecast at 77.00 million bushels, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is 30 percent above last year's produ  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New Mexico Field Office issued the following news release: NEW MEXICO HIGHLIGHTS Hay stocks on New Mexico farms and ranches as of May 1, 2023, totaled 30,000 tons, unchanged from stocks on hand last year, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. All hay production for 2022  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Tennessee farmers expect to harvest 28.8 million bushels of winter wheat during 2023 according to the Tennessee Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected crop for 2023 would be up 18% from the previous year. Farmers seeded 470,000 acres last fall with 400,000 acres to be harvested for grain.   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Utah Field Office issued the following news release: UTAH HIGHLIGHTS Hay stocks on Utah farms and ranches as of May 1, 2023, totaled 480,000 tons, up 66 percent from stocks of 290,000 tons on hand last year, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Hay production for 2022 to  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Virginia Field Office issued the following news release: Virginia farmers expect to harvest 8.85 million bushels of winter wheat during 2023 according to the Virginia Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected crop for 2023 would be down 13% from the previous year. Farmers seeded 230,000 acres last fall with 145,000 acres to be harvested for grain. Bas  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wyoming Field Office issued the following news release: WYOMING HIGHLIGHTS Hay stocks on Wyoming farms and ranches as of May 1, 2023, totaled 190,000 tons, down 5 percent from stocks of 200,000 tons on hand last year, according to the May 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Hay production for   more

SPOKANE, Washington, May 9 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: Last Thursday, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) welcomed House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson to Eastern Washington. Together, the lawmakers visited the Spokane Hutterian Brethren's farm and hosted a roundtable with agriculture leaders from across Washington's 5th Congressional District to discuss the 2023 Farm Bill, which is currently bei  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on May 11, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate announcement ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences: * * * ASSISTANT SECRETARY TOLOUI: Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Secretary Blinken, Secretary Vilsack, Ambassador Branstad, and distinguished guests, my name is Ramin Toloui, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs here at the State Department. And it's a  more

NEW YORK, May 13 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on May 11, 2023, by Ambassador Jim O'Brien, head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. representative to the U.N., on the Black Sea Grain Initiative: * * * Summary * In this on-the-record briefing, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador Jim O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coor  more

NEW YORK, May 13 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on May 12, 2023, by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Ambassador Jim O'Brien on the Black Sea Grain Initiative: * * * MODERATOR: Welcome to the New York Foreign Press Center. We're honored to have two distinguished briefers with us today who will speak on the Black Sea Grain Initiative: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and Ambassador Jim O'  more