Producers Must File by August 17, One-Year Extension Available to Holders of Many Expiring Contracts Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers that the deadline to sign up…
USDA Opens Election Period for Seed Cotton Program
…Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce. “USDA encourages any cotton producer to look into these important safety net programs,” Farms with generic base acres that were planted or approved as…
Almond Update: Record Forecast Could Have Been Larger
…President and CEO Richard Waycott said the big forecast was tempered by freezing temperatures, but it’s reassuring to have a record forecast for a season that had a treacherous bloom…
USDA Assisting Cotton Growers with Safety Net Changes
…covered commodity under the ARC and PLC programs. This week, FSA will start sending producers information on current generic base acres, yields and 2008-2012 planting history. FSA administrator Richard Fordyce…
USDA Appoints Members to National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board
…H. Jarratt, Dallas, Texas (Region 9); Ann M. Ocana, Phoenix, Ariz. (Region 12); Richard L. Struble, San Marcos, Calif. (Region 15); Lewis R. Goldstein, La Farge, Wis. (At-large, processor); and…
Aquatic Organism Passage, Rail Car Bridge
…flat car rail car bridge for vehicle access to the private residence. Private consultant Pacific Watershed Associates (PWA) was responsible for the engineering design, inspection and certification. Richard Bruce applied…
Starling Moves from White House to USDA
…day that Secretary Perdue announced new leadership for the Farm Service Agency and the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Former Missouri Agriculture Director and state FSA Director Richard Fordyce was…
Secretary Perdue Names FSA Administrator
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). In his role,…
Almond Update: Continued Almond Growth in 2017 Acreage Report
…and predicted 1,070,000 bearing acres for 2018. There was a slight decline in new plantings, the lowest since 2003. Almond Board of California’s President and CEO Richard Waycott said that…
Farmers for Free Trade Report Highlights Damage from Chinese Retaliation
…on most products, while U.S. pork exports face a 25 percent tariff. Former Senators Richard Lugar and Max Baucus, Co-Chairs of Farmers for Free Trade, say tariffs end up as…
Farmers for Free Trade Launching $500,000 Ad Campaign on Trade
…to pass their farm down to her children and ends by asking the president to protect free trade and keep our agricultural economy strong. Farmers for Free Trade co-chair Richard…
Business, Farm, Union Groups React to Trump’s Tariffs
…action from the White House. We’ve already heard from China that U.S. soybeans are among the prime targets for retaliation.” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka argues that there is no danger…
AFIA Calls FDA to Streamline Animal Feed Regulations
…be improved upon or reduced. Upon submitting the letter to the FDA, Richard Sellers, AFIA’s senior vice president of public policy and education, said: “The American Feed Industry Association appreciates…
“Connect Americans Now” Formed to Improve Rural Broadband Access
…policymakers to ensure that there is sufficient unlicensed broadband access in every market in the country. The end-goal is unlimited broadband connectivity by 2022. Richard Cullen, the executive director of…