…final utilization. The Valencia orange harvest is ongoing with exports continuing to Asian and domestic markets. Lemons – The 2014 2015 California lemon forecast is 40.0 million cartons, unchanged from…
New Ways to Help Meet Nutrition Needs of Low-Income, Homebound Seniors and People with Disabilities
…relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing…
Record Number of Farmers and Ranchers Certified Under 2014 Farm Bill Conservation Compliance
…research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For…
United States and Switzerland Streamline Organic Trade
…our arrangements with Canada, the European Union, Japan, and Korea, U.S. organic farmers and businesses have streamlined access to over $35 billion international organic markets. When combined with the $39…
Cotton Transition Assistance Program Enrollment Begins Today
…markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve quality of life in rural America. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/farmbill. For more information, visit…
Obama Administration Assists Communities in Building Local Food Systems to Foster Economic Growth
…year-round, downtown markets featuring foods from local farmers; establish retail outlets to help revitalize small-town main streets; build centrally located community kitchens or food hubs to aggregate and market local…
Administration Places Politics Over Producers
…from $37 billion to $228 billion, depending on the size of an outbreak. Moreover, innumerable losses would occur through the closure of export markets, lost domestic sales, lost opportunities, and…
Enrollment for 2016 Dairy Margin Protection Program to Begin July 1
…critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets…
U.S. Wheat Growers See TPA as First Step to Increased Export Opportunity
…expand international markets to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers and their customers.” USW activities are made possible through producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and…
Wheat Commission to Conduct Grower Elections
…Commission in 1983, expressly to develop and maintain domestic and international markets for California wheat and support research that improves California wheat quality and marketability. The Commission, operating under the…
USDA Seeks Partner Proposals to Protect and Restore Critical Wetlands
…relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing…
Trade Promotion Authority Passes House
…million American jobs depend on exports, and with the renewal of TPA, valuable free trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership can move forward. In 2014, U.S. beef exports accounted…
New Report Shows U.S. Biobased Products Industry Contributes $369 Billion
…reauthorized and expanded as part of the 2014 Farm Bill, the USDA BioPreferred program’s purpose is to spur economic development, create new jobs and provide new markets for farm commodities….