First U.S. Case of H5N1 in Swine Confirmed in Oregon
(WASHINGTON D.C) — USDA and the Oregon Department of Agriculture have confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian flu in swine on Wednesday. The positive case was found in a backyard farming operation in Crook County, Oregon
Farm Bureau: Low Inventory Leads to Uncertainty in Cattle Markets
A pair of recent market reports paint a picture of cattle on feed supplies remaining steady even as cash cattle prices moved higher. Bernt Nelson, an economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the Cattle on
Farm Economy Steady to Weakening
While the farm economy seems to have stabilized in the Midwest and Northern Plains, it weakened in the rest of the U.S. this fall. Producers are dealing with high costs and lower commodity prices. The Federal Reserve’s
Forty Percent of Farmers Work Off the Farm
The 2022 Census of Agriculture showed about 40 percent of American farmers worked 200 or more days off the farm in 2022. The majority, 93 percent, of the 3,078 U.S. counties for which data was reported had
Export Inspections Lower Across the Board
The USDA says grain and soybean inspections were lower week to week during the seven days ending on October 24. Corn assessments were reported at 823,664 metric tons, down from one million tons from the previous week.