WASHINGTON, March 8 (TNSOps) -- Bread for the World issued the following statement by President and CEO Eugene Cho on the humanitarian crises in Ukraine: * * * Hunger always follows conflict. In Ukraine, 1.5 million people have become displaced in their own country or are now refugees in neighboring countries. The conflict in Ukraine is not only creating a humanitarian disaster in Europe, but also escalating the worst global hunger crisis this century. Since Russia and Ukraine combined acco  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. AES-119) on Feb. 24, 2022, entitled "Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: February 2022". The report was written by Bart Kenner, Hui Jiang and Dylan Russell. * * * U.S. Agricultural Exports in Fiscal Year 2022 Forecast Up $8.0 Billion to a Record $183.5 Billion; Imports at a Record $172.5 Billion U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year (FY) 2022 are projected at a   more

AMES, Iowa, March 8 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences issued the following news release: Iowa State University is part of a new study funded by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to explore possible links between soil health, the nutritional value of plants and human health. The overall goal of the four-year, $1 million project is to investigate how management practices may alter nitrogen-related nutritional content of grains, suc  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: This report contains corn, soybean, wheat, and Upland cotton price reactions to the USDA Crop Production and Grain Stocks reports. Each year, estimates of corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton production are published in the monthly Crop Production reports. Corn and soybean estimates are published in the August, September, O  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today applauded the House passage of H.R. 2471, which will fund the federal government for fiscal year 2022 and includes numerous critical benefits for Idaho and Western States. "While this process was far from perfect, I voted yes on this legislation because the final package contains huge wins for Idaho and the nation. Those wins include record funding for t  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to delay the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up deadline and provide flexibility for farmers to purchase crop insurance to help counter the unprecedented disruption in global crop markets brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following joint commentary with Ambassador Gregg Doud to the Kansas City Star: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Ambassador Gregg Doud, Former USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator, penned an op-ed for the Kansas City Star highlighting the agricultural inflationary implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which will have rippling effects including high prices at the grocery store for all Americans. Senator Marshall  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to delay the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up deadline and provide flexibility for farmers to purchase crop insurance to help counter the unprecedented disrup  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 8 (TNSOps) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Russia's invasion of Ukraine will continue to have global impacts related to grain exports and production, oilseeds, fertilizer, and petroleum, says a Virginia Tech agricultural trade expert. Jason Grant, a professor and director for the Center for Agricultural Trade at Virginia Tech, says that Russia and Ukraine account for 13-15% of global wheat production and 28% of global wheat exports. "Some of Ukraine's m  more

MONROVIA, California, March 10 (TNSOps) -- World Vision International issued the following news release on March 9, 2022: International aid agency World Vision today warned that the conflict in Ukraine is not only devastating the lives of those directly impacted, but also worsening the hunger crisis in dozens of other nations. "The conflict in Ukraine has resulted in a spike in the global price of wheat, up to its highest level since 2008 when the world had its last severe global food price cr  more