WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Thompson Praises USDA's Swift Disbursement of Economic Assistance House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after Secretary Brooke Rollins announced USDA would be issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) fo  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, March 19 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * GOVERNOR PRITZKER DECLARES MARCH 19 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURE TRADE DAY SPRINGFIELD, IL \- Governor JB Pritzker has declared March 19, 2025, as Illinois Agriculture Trade Day in recognition of the enormous positive contribution agriculture trade makes to the state's economy, farmers, and communities. Illinois Agriculture Trade Day honors Illinois' farmers, producers and related agricultural bu  more

PERTH, Australia, March 18 -- Murdoch University issued the following news: * * * Breakthrough in Wild Barley Genomics paves the way for climate-resilient crops An international team of scientists from Australia and China has unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species. Their findings offer direct implications for more sustainable agriculture and significant yield improvements for Australian grain production. Led by researchers from Murdoch University and the Beijing  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following Economic Information Bulletin on March 4, 2025, entitled "Estimating the USDA, Economic Research Service Commodity Costs and Returns and the Milk Cost of Production Estimates Data Series." Here are excerpts: * * * USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) has published annual production costs and returns (CAR) estimates for major U.S. field crop and livestock commodities since 1975  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Admini  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 657) on February 11, 2025: Here are excerpts: * * * WHEAT: The 2024/25 U.S. wheat supply and demand outlook is for slightly higher domestic use that leads to lower ending stocks. Food use is raised 4 million bushels to 970 million, as wheat flour grind during the October-December quarter was up 2 percent from last year as indicated in the NASS Flo  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 656) on January 10,2025: Here are excerpts: * * * WHEAT: The outlook for 2024/25 U.S. wheat this month is for slightly larger supplies and domestic use, unchanged exports, and marginally higher ending stocks. Supplies are raised on higher imports, increased 5 million bushels to 130 million, all on Hard Red Spring. Feed and residual use is unchange  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (No. 658) on March 11, 2025: Here are excerpts: * * * NOTE: The WASDE report only considers trade policies that are in effect at the time of publication. Further, unless a formal end date is specified, the report also assumes that these policies remain in place. U.S. Tariffs on Canada and Mexico have been suspended until April 2 for all products cover  more