…prices are reacting positively. Also helping world prices is the recent stalling of the past year’s explosive growth in European Union milk production. U.S. cheese imports dropped during June–August after…
Biodiesel Industry Urges Extension of Tax Incentive
…to make a simple, common-sense reform by focusing the credit on U.S. production,” said Donnell Rehagen, Interim NBB CEO in the letter. “Legislation pending before Congress – S. 3188 and…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…almost 24 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and wildlife habitat in 2016. CRP provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who remove environmentally sensitive land from production to be planted…
Agri View: Population Growth Challenges
…increase food production. Certainly our farmers are. It is accepted that by 2075 the population of the world will reach seven billion people. It will take twice as much food…
Crop Insurance Options for Upland Cotton Farmers
…for cotton (1975-2013) are from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). Only counties with continuous cotton production (recorded every year are included in the analysis, leaving 151 cotton-producing counties, which represent…
Farm Groups Discuss Food Industry GMO Marketing Claims/Conflict with Sustainable Agriculture
National farm association leaders unveiled plans for a “straight talk” campaign to engage the food industry in a dialogue on sustainable agriculture production, the marketing practices used to reach consumers,…
APHIS Proposes Imports of Hass Avocados
…Production locations and packing houses must be registered, pest-free, and follow specific sanitation, monitoring and pest control practices the details of which are to be contained in an operational workplan….
APHIS Proposes Orchids Can Be Safely Imported
…greenhouse that meets requirements for excluding quarantine pests from the production process; The source of the seeds or parent plants used to produce the plants is restricted, and requires grow-out…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…production plummeted in recent years, as HLB infection spread through that state’s citrus production areas. The bacterial disease attacks the vascular system of plants and leads to loss of productivity;…
U.S. Coffee Demand Growing
…Street Journal reports that in the 2015-16 season, global coffee production hit roughly 143 million bags, compared with 142 million bags in the previous season. Each bag holds 60 kilograms…
Bullish Agribusiness Opportunities Exist
…over the near term, there is no better opportunity than now to invest in expanded livestock production. We, U.S. farmers, encourage our foreign customers to invest in the future and…
Improve Energy Efficiency, Adopt Renewable Energy Systems
…In doing so, the company has made history, becoming Maine’s first 100 percent solar-powered, net-zero food production facility. Its 228-panel, solar photovoltaic system generates 96,000 kWh of electricity annually. The…
Extension Educators Receive National Honors
…brightest scientists and extension personnel whose work results in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that combat childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find…
‘Stealth Visits’ Concern the Livestock Industry
…production as critical components of our infrastructure and national security. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that business owners continue to strengthen the security of their facilities and that law…