John Herath

Farm Journal News Director

Latest Stories
January’s Crop Production and Stocks reports from USDA raised a number of questions about big shifts in production projections. NASS Crops Chief Lance Honig addressed those questions on AgriTalk.
WASDE for February raised exports and lowered ending stocks for both corn and soybeans.
USDA Chief Economist Dr. Robert Johansson will retire at the end of January and will be replaced by Dr. Seth Meyer.
Senate Agriculture Committee advances the nomination of Tom Vilsack as USDA Secretary to the full Senate.
The House could vote on the U.S., Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) as soon as next week, according to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.).
Coronavirus restrictions have forced the American Farm Bureau Federation to switch to an all virtual format for their 2021 convention in January.
With just days remaining in the 2020 presidential campaign, farmers and ranchers responding to the Farm Journal Pulse continue to show a strong preference for retaining President Donald Trump.
A key ag policy strategist says that rural voters reversed the 2018 “blue wave.”
The Crop Production numbers released Friday may change as NASS seeks to clarify corn and soybean acres that still were not harvested at the time of the end of the growing season survey.
A phase one trade deal with China is official, clearing the way for America’s chief trade competitor to purchase $80 billion worth of U.S. agricultural goods over the next two years.