COVER CROP BENEFITS ...
YOUTH OPPORTUNITY ...
Young innovators have chance to win $50,000
National FFA partners with General Mills for its Feeding Better Futures Scholars Program
RESEARCH ...
Prehistoric food globalization spanned 3 millennia
Farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study finds
AG ABROAD ...
Sustainable mechanization of farming in Africa
FAO and the African Conservation Tillage Network sign a collaboration agreement
REPORTS RELEASED ...
Soybean production up in 2018, USDA reports
Winter wheat seedings and grain stocks have also been reported
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ...
November beef exports remain on record pace
Meanwhile, pork exports totaled 206,852 mt, down 8 percent year-over-year
TRADE TALK ...
Uncertainty in the global cotton market
NCC: Ongoing trade tensions between U.S., China creating uncertainty in world economy
AG ABROAD ...
China reports new outbreak of African swine fever
Dozens of cases have been detected over recent months in at least 20 provinces
FOREST PRODUCTS ...
Interfor shipping more lumber from Canada
Increased shipments from Canada come after China imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S.
LEADERSHIP ...