Eligible producers can soon nominate candidates for election to local Farm Service Agency County Committees. Rod Bain has the details. Click to open or download audio report….
USDA Asks Growers to Respond to Surveys
USDA is collecting information from farmers for three upcoming reports and officials are asking producers for help. Gary Crawford reports. Click to open or download audio report….
America’s Milk Habit Studied
A new study has some interesting news about our milk drinking habits. Gary Crawford has more. Click to open or download audio report….
No-Till Cotton Field Day Photos
AgNet West was at the No-till Cotton Producers Field Day in Western Fresno County. Please enjoy our photos from the event….
Backlash from M-COOL Rule
The new M-COOL rules bring harsh backlash from major livestock organizations. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Pork Producers…
Nothing Sweet About Sugar Surplus
A huge surplus of sugar is causing headaches for producers and USDA policy makers. Gary Crawford reports. Click to open or download audio report….
ASA Releases Video Touting Sugar Program
…the best business people, not the most subsidized.” Sugar producers, along with other high-profile farm and lending organizations, have been urging Congress to reject the Shaheen-Toomey amendment to the Farm…
ASA Statement on Senate Sugar Policy Vote
…producers an unfair competitive advantage over Americans and left us more dependent on foreign suppliers for a food staple. And, it would not advance a free market for global sugar…
Specialty Crops Continue Strong Momentum in House Ag. Committee Farm Bill
…bill so that specialty crop producers can get back to what they do best: growing high-quality fruits and vegetables for America and the world,” said John Keeling, National Potato Council…
Costa Supports Advancing the Farm Bill, Calls for House Action
…to enter the Federal Milk Marketing Order. Costa has long advocated giving producers the chance to petition the U.S. Agriculture Secretary for entrance into the Federal Order. Earlier this year,…
On The Scene for Big Week in Farm News in Washington D. C.
…have numerous reports on the website from the week’s visits, including a number of complete interviews that our region’s farm producers may want to update themselves on as the big…
United Fresh Convention Draws Thousands
Thousands of growers, producers, shippers, and others in the ag industry from around the nation, and even around the world, are in San Diego for the United Fresh 2013 convention….
Opening Statement of Chair. Frank D. Lucas Committee on Agriculture To Consider the 2013 Farm Bill
…livestock producers. As many of you know, the livestock disaster assistance program enacted in the 2008 Farm Bill expired in 2011, leaving our livestock producers no protection at a time…
Census of Ag Forms Due
Producers who still need to submit their 2012 Census of Agriculture forms have until the end of May to do so. Rod Bain has more. Click to open or download…