While some political obstacles still need to be worked through, it appears that a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) may finally be on the horizon. The agricultural industry has…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises Only a Penny
…from last year, after three years of decline since 2015,” said AFBF Chief Economist Dr. John Newton. “Americans continue to enjoy the most affordable food supply in the world, but most…
USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program
…also have an average adjusted gross income (AGI) for tax years 2015, 2016, and 2017 of less than $900,000 unless at least 75 percent of the person’s or legal entity’s…
Poultry Groups Applaud Agreement to Resume Imports of U.S. Poultry Products to China
…of U.S. poultry products. The ban was enacted in 2015 after the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. While the U.S. has been free of HPAI…
American Poultry Farmers Regain Access to China
…U.S. jobs.” China has banned all U.S. poultry since January 2015 due to an avian influenza outbreak in December 2014, even though the United States has been free of this…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 11-07-19
…California’s working landscape sector providing significant economic value and details on the Almond Board of California’s conference silent auction that benefits FFA students and how you can help. Tune in…
NPPC Launches ‘Pork O’ Clock’ Campaign Highlighting Importance of USMCA
…United States, Mexico and Canada. For example, tacos al pastor from Mexico have origins in the Lebanese method of cooking meat on a spit, referred to as shawarma. The tacos…
Almond Update: Silent Auction Items Supporting FFA
…for donations that support the industry’s future. Listen to Bailey’s full interview. Almond Update: Silent Auction Items Supporting FFA Email ABC’s Rebecca Bailey directly if you would like to donate…
Cattlemen Applaud Introduction of Real MEAT Act of 2019
…allow customers to make their own decisions.” Click here to read the text of the Real MEAT Act. Click here to read NCBA’s two-page summary of the bill. Source: National…
Catastrophic Decline of the Western Monarch
…Western Monarch winters on the California coast then spends summer in the Rockies. It’s a long trip, but the Eastern Monarch goes even further, from Mexico to Canada. The…
Cargill and FFA Partner to Inspire and Educate Future Leaders
…the National FFA Organization share the belief that agriculture can solve some of the world’s toughest sustainability challenges. Cargill is investing $2.1 million over three years to help the FFA…
Livestock Groups Call Attention to Judicial Activism in Sage Grouse Case
…President Jennifer Houston Background: In December of 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published Final Environmental Impact Statements (FEISs) on revisions to the 2015 Obama-era sage grouse Resource Management…
USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements in 31 States
…Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Below…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 10-09-19
…demographics, efforts to modernize the Endangered Species Act, pumpkin patches that kick-started the fall season and the 92 National FFA Convention. Tune in to the show for these news stories,…
