…(Sec. 12513). Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program: On April 23, 2019, AMS announced the availability of funding for the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (Sec. 12102). Feasibility Study…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 06-20-19
…supporting FFA. They started this last year and it was a success so they are bringing it back. All proceeds go to California Future Farmers of America scholarships. About the…
Almond Update: FORE! Support California FFA June 27
…the class does to raise money for FFA scholarships. Listen to Thao’s full interview. Almond Update: FORE! Support California FFA June 27 Find more information about the event at Almonds.com….
‘Young Farmers Success Act’ to Relieve Agricultural Student Loan Debt
…program.” Previous iterations of the Young Farmers Success Act had been introduced both in 2015 and 2017 but were stalled in Congress. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is currently…
Perdue Headlining Forbes AgTech Summit, Continuing Innovation Focus
…CEO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.; John Hartnett, Founder & CEO, SVG Partners and THRIVE AgTech; Tom Nassif, President & CEO, Western Growers Association; Ertharin Cousin, Former Ambassador to the UN World…
Walmart Takes Poultry Companies to Court
…laws. The claim Walmart asserts is that the poultry companies engaged in price fixing and trade restraint from 2008 to 2016. The 98-page complaint filed in the US District Court…
U.S. Pork Producers Seek Main Course, Not Crumbs
…producers still face a stifling 62 percent tariff into China. There are enormous trade opportunities with China, especially to help offset reduced domestic production due to African swine fever (ASF),…
Almond Beer Helps Industry Toast To FFA
…in two separate notebooks, unknowing of each other, lead to hundreds of almond industry members toasting to California FFA. That was the scene at Temblor Brewing Company in Bakersfield earlier…
Drones to Light Up State Fair
…Cal Expo during the California State Fair July 12-28, 2019. Drones along with swarm technology will be utilized to light up the night skies around Cal Expo to choreographed music,…
National FFA’s Washington Leadership Conference Instills Importance of Growth, Leadership, Community Service
…information, visit FFA.org/WLC. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 669,989 student members who belong to one of 8,630 local FFA…
Agriculture industry Responds to Progress of USMCA
…trade dispute with China, where U.S. pork has a historic opportunity to dramatically expand exports given the countries struggle with African swine fever. “We hope those members of Congress who…
Court Strikes 2015 Water Rule
A federal court on Tuesday invalidated the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 expansion of federal jurisdiction over small and isolated waters. After years of litigation in…
Industry Reaction to USDA Trade Relief Announcement
…sectors, receiving a one-two punch in the form of a 50 percent punitive tariff from China on top of the existing 12 percent duty and, until recently, a 20 percent…
USDA Releases Baseline Data on Antimicrobial Use by Beef and Swine Operations
…injection in 2016. The majority of swine sites (95.5 percent) gave market pigs antimicrobials in feed, water, or by injection in 2016. The main reasons for antimicrobial use on swine…
