Are CFAP Funds Running Out? Biofuels, Pork Producers Questioning If and When They'll Get Paid
Pro Farmer Washington Correspondent Jim Wiesemeyer says USDA's COVID aid bucket is nearly empty, and payments for biofuels and pork sectors are still in question.
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California Has Already Seen 6,800 Wildfires This Year, Burning 1.7 Million Acres
The latest area of concern is Lake Tahoe and the Caldor Fire. The flames forced the evacuation of California communities on the south end of the alpine resort and put others across the state line in Nevada on notice to be ready to leave.
Record-Breaking Agricultural Exports Expected to Continue Through 2022
USDA is out with its new ag export forecast for both this year and next, and it's showing exports could hit $173.5 billion in 2021, $4 billion more than 2020, due to higher livestock, poultry and dairy exports.
The drought is pushing hay prices higher, and alfalfa prices reached $201 per ton with other hay topping $151 per ton, according to USDA’s NASS July prices data report.
Farm Journal announced that country music star Easton Corbin will headline the live 2021 #FarmON Benefit Concert during #FJFieldDays. Proceeds will go to the National FFA Foundation. Highlights from the concert will air in prime time on Monday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. CDT, on RFD-TV and stream on other online and social networks.
