For years, China has been the largest market for US Soybeans but sales to China are down 94% from the 2017 harvest. The steep drop is due to retaliation for tariff actions taken by the Trump administration in 2018. Rather than pay the increased price for soybeans, the Chinese are turning to [...]
Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While most meat eaters know that both a filet mignon and a burger come from a cow, the majority don't give too much thought to where each meat cut comes from the [...]
A minor detail in 2017 trade talks between the US and the UK seems to have grabbed the media's attention. The controversy revolves around safety concerns about chlorine-washed chicken being sold in Britain as part of a potential UK/US trade deal after Brexit. It is expected that the US farming industry will push [...]
August, 2017 - A minor detail in trade talks between the US and the UK seems to have grabbed the media's attention. The controversy revolves around safety concerns about chlorine-washed chicken being sold in Britain as part of a potential UK/US trade deal after Brexit. It is expected that the US farming [...]
Over 10,000 small-scale farmers in Kenya’s semi-arid counties are practicing low-till farming. Also called zero-till farming, the land is not ploughed, instead seeds are slotted into largely undisturbed soil. The system is part of a suite of farming techniques known as “conservation agriculture” and it is now gaining popularity in Kenya among [...]
Large Family Farms Dominate U.S. Agricultural Production Sometimes the media give the impression that US agriculture, and particularly the farming segment, is run by large corporate interests. The fact is that the US farming system is dominated by family farms as per this data from the USDA ERS. It found that family [...]