…on the rise, and food and nutrition are front-and-center in the media and on the minds of consumers. Whether their crops, livestock and other products are headed for the produce…
USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 19
Dairy producers urged to act now to protect their businesses against unpredictable market swings, take advantage of increased protections offered in first year of program U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary…
Egg Marketers Await Beginning of New Regulations
…the nation’s largest egg market and those producers want to continue selling eggs here. One of those producers, Klippen said, has built a complex that houses 2 million birds on…
USDA Announces Support for Producers of Advanced Biofuel
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making $5.6 million in grants to 220 producers across the nation to support the production of advanced biofuels, and is awarding…
USDA Disaster Assistance to Help Thousands of Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…2014 Farm Bill, provides disaster relief to livestock, honeybee, and farm-raised fish producers not covered by other agricultural disaster assistance programs. Eligible losses may include excessive heat or winds, flooding,…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
As the 2015 growing season officially comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to gather final year-end crop production…
USDA Helps Open and Expand Export Markets for U.S. Agriculture
…of producers and businesses open and grow markets for American products around the world,” Vilsack said. “Exports create jobs and foster growth that is critically important for rural communities and…
USDA and Partners Complete First-of-Its-Kind Sale of Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Grasslands
…the land, such as raising livestock and growing hay. The carbon storage benefits of this avoided conversion of grasslands are quantified, verified, and formally registered resulting in carbon credits. The…
Florida Orchid Producer Thrilled With New “PMA Fresh Summit” Floral Focus
…flower and floral producers nowadays too, right along with the produce marketers who have grown the event into one of, if not the largest show of its kind in the…
USDA Seeks Input on New Beef Promotion Order
…benefitting cattle producers and the domestic beef industry. USDA is acting to help beef producers continue to enjoy these benefits—and strengthen them—in a way that works for all producers. Interested…
Ranching and California’s Drought Workshop and Webcast
…California’s ranchers are coping with the drought, new feeding strategies for livestock, the weather forecast for the upcoming forage growing season and much more. The webcast is free and refreshments…
California Cattle on Feed
…5,000 hogs and pigs. Pacific Region – Milk Production California milk producers produced 3.29 billion pounds of milk in September 2014. This was 5 percent below August 2014 but 3…
Farmers and Ranchers Encouraged to Make Their Voices Heard
…to eligible producers across the country. Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by the Dec. 1, 2014, deadline to ensure that their vote is counted. “The role…
USDA to Provide $4 Million for Honey Bee Habitat
…which directs USDA to expand the acreage and forage value in its conservation programs. Funding will be provided to producers through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Applications are due…