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Hop Stocks Up 7% Year-Over-Year
Hop Stocks Up 7% Year-Over-Year
Hop Stocks Up 7% Year-Over-Year
According to NASS, the inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on September 1st totaled 139 million pounds, up 7% from September 1, 2023 stocks inventory of 130 million pounds.  Stocks held at dealer and grower locations on September 1, 2024 totaled 116 million pounds.  Stocks ...
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
USDA Designates Yakima As Natural Disaster
Late last week, the USDA designated Yakima County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area for Drought.  The designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from drought through emergency loans.  Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certa
2024 Farm Income Forecast Down Year-Over-Year
2024 Farm Income Forecast Down Year-Over-Year
2024 Farm Income Forecast Down Year-Over-Year
USDA's New farm income forecast for this year has U.S. farmers making a lot less money than last year.   “Net cash farm income for 2024 is forecast at $154 billion, which is about a 7.2% drop from 2023," said Spiro Stefano  who runs USDA's Economic Research Service.  He noted that crop...
Oregon Company Receives Fertilizer Production Expansion Program F
Oregon Company Receives Fertilizer Production Expansion Program F
Oregon Company Receives Fertilizer Production Expansion Program F
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the latest funds dolled out by the USDA's Fertilizer Production Expansion Program, or F-PEP.    “We're announcing an additional 7 projects that we're funding in seven states, an investment of about $35 million in expanded fertilizer capacity.”   The p...
North Central Oregon Producers Invited To Wildfire Meeting
North Central Oregon Producers Invited To Wildfire Meeting
North Central Oregon Producers Invited To Wildfire Meeting
The Oregon Department of Agriculture is inviting producers impacted by wildfire in Umatilla and Morrow counties to an informational meeting where agencies will answer questions.  Participants will learn about resources available for residents, landowners, livestock and agricultural producers.   ...
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Oregon Producers
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Oregon Producers
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Oregon Producers
Farm operations in Oregon have been significantly impacted by recent wildfires.  To help, the NRCS-Oregon technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these wildfire events.   A total of $2 million of FY24 funds have newly been made available to support producers in wildfire recovery. Producer...
USDA Makes Funding Available To Help With Wildfire Fuels
USDA Makes Funding Available To Help With Wildfire Fuels
USDA Makes Funding Available To Help With Wildfire Fuels
The USDA is making funding available for businesses and organizations to remove hazardous wildfire fuels from national forests.  The program will pay groups to transport the material to be turned into wood products or services.  Hazardous fuels are typically woody material with little commercial value, but can become useful as other products, although, transportation costs are often prohibitive.  
Kenner: Numbers Don't Show Whole Story Of Trade Deficit
Kenner: Numbers Don't Show Whole Story Of Trade Deficit
Kenner: Numbers Don't Show Whole Story Of Trade Deficit
U.S. agriculture is currently running a trade deficit of almost $19 billion and growing.  And while some say this reflects a weak noncompetitive American farm sector, one expert says that doesn’t tell the whole story.   “To look at the trade balance and say it's negative, so we're being outcompeted. It's, it's really oversim...

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