USDA Announces Safety Net Assistance for Milk Producers Due to Tightening Dairy Margins May/June 2016 Average Margins Below $6 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced approximately $11.2 million in financial assistance …
National Peach Month
To many August may symbolize the beginning of the end summer and back to school. Cathy Isom tells us about the month-long celebration for one of the best fruits of …
Specialty Crop Research Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced 19 grants totaling $36.5 million for research and extension to support American farmers growing fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture …
Russia and Japan Meet to Talk Exports
Russia Wants to Export Poultry and Beef Exports to Japan Russia is exploring ways to export more poultry and beef products to Japan. Meatingplace reports that officials from Russia and …
Farm Bureau Urges Support for Education
Farm Bureau Urges Support for Legislation to Strengthen Technical Education The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging lawmakers to support the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century …
Renewable Fuels Question Credit Spike
Renewable Fuels Association Calls for Probe in Biofuel Credits Price Spike The Renewable Fuels Association says U.S. regulators and environmental officials should probe for possible manipulation in the market for …
Limit and Cut Production Cost
Rabobank Advising Farmers to Limit and Cut Production Cost Amid a third year of negative margins, farmers need to cut production costs to maintain access to capital, according to a …
Vermont Stops GMO Label Enforcement
Vermont this week announced the state has stopped enforcement of its GMO labeling law, following President Barak Obama signing the national GMO labeling bill that preempts state laws. Sponsored ContentLet’s Talk Livestock …
Agri View: Honeybee Problem Identified?
Everett Griner talks about research possibly finding the problem for the honeybee issue in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentLet’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – …
Western View: Visit Parkfield
This summer we’ve been talking about places to go when you have a day off and need some fresh scenery. Let me tell you about one of my favorite places …
Marketing Needed for Climbing Pecan Market
New Report Shows Continued Increase in Production, Pecan Market Prices Will See Downward Pressure U.S. pecans acreage has expanded during the last ten years, and ten year average annual production …
Atrazine Report Ignores Science
EPA’s Latest Atrazine Report Ignores Science A recent Environmental Protection Agency draft report on atrazine doesn’t take into account a large amount of scientific evidence that reaffirms the product is …
A GMO “Buycott”
GMO labeling advocates are ramping up pressure on companies who already have labeled their products because of the Vermont labeling law to make sure they keep that information available for …
Governors Strongly Support TPP
Many U.S. Governors Strongly Support TPP A discussion panel at the National Association of Governors Meeting in July concluded that agriculture will be a big loser if the Trans-Pacific Partnership …