Feed and grain organizations want the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move slowly with an ongoing revision of biotech regulation, in order to align with other markets.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been offered several suggestions on how to better gauge and understand the economic effects of unintended mixing between biotech and other feed crops.
Macro-goal of the lawsuit is to strengthen the market for organic feed produced in the US
Appointments to and restructuring of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has prompted the Cornucopia Institute to file a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Total US corn plantings have almost doubled where they were at this point in the planting schedule last year says the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has asked for help from top US agricultural officials to generate forward momentum on EU Commission approvals of new soybean traits.
Despite ample global supply and pressured international prices, corn prices in Brazil are trading 53% higher than the same period last year, potentially hurting profitability in the highly integrated meat industry, says Rabobank.
The US could have the largest wheat ending stocks since 1987, at 10 million bushels higher for 2015/16, predicts the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
The US-based agri-giant said earnings rose in animal nutrition, led by operations in the US and Vietnam, as it released its Q3 results for fiscal year 2016 and first nine months to end of February, but, overall, it noted a tough trading environment.
A US District Court judge has approved a joint motion to dismiss counterclaims and third-party complaints against Cargill, Rail Transfer Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Company.
In a change from recent years, Canada has returned to being the US’ top trading partner for agricultural products including animal feed and feed ingredients.
Expanding markets, research and feed use are some of the focus areas for a new venture started by the Sorghum Checkoff, Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Kansas State University.
Biomin’s 2015 survey shows deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most prevalent mycotoxin for all regions except South America and Middle East, where fumonisins (FUM) pose the bigger threat to livestock production.
Lower returns reduce incentives for plantings of wheat and soybeans but shifts in relative prices and lower input costs support a year-to-year increase in expected corn plantings for the 2016/17 growing season in the US.
Ethanol groups, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association, have called for US President Barack Obama to act in the DDGS antidumping investigation by China.
US animal production may be set to increase as feed prices are expected to remain low for the near future, even with a potential reduction in planting.
Members of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are still in negotiation with Russia after a temporary ban was announced on imports of soybeans and corn.
A pioneering supply chain collaboration project is said to have yielded a sustainable new fish feed made from wild-caught fish trimmings that are cleaned to remove 95% of the environmental contaminants.
ADM, Cargill, Express Grain Terminal LLC and Rail Transfer Inc have recently called for third-party and counterclaims brought against them by Syngenta in the ongoing biotech corn lawsuit to be dismissed.
