AgWatch Staff Posted May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON-(Farm Progress)--Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer held a press conference Friday afternoon in which he spoke about President Bush's intentions of vetoing the Far...
AgWatch Staff Posted May 12, 2008
BATON ROUGE, La.-(AP)--Global rice markets are in turmoil, but for the first time in several years, Louisiana rice farmers are looking forward to something they haven't had in...
AgWatch Staff Posted May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON-(Farm Progress)--Country-of-Origin labeling is to be implemented by the USDA in 2008. According to USDA undersecretary of marketing and regulatory programs Bruce Kn...
AgWatch Staff Posted May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON-(USDA)--With an increase in soybean area, U.S. soybean production is forecast to climb 20 percent in 2008 to 84.5 million tons. However, a sharply-lower carry-over ...