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…
Senate Immigration Bill Moves Forward
…to adjust their labor force when they need to. He also said it has more allowances for livestock and dairy industry workers. Meanwhile, the representatives in the House are also…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…the workers who show up every day and work in partnership with our nation’s farm and ranch families to tend our crops and livestock. Agricultural labor reform is not about…
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
…House floor. Rural America cannot afford inaction. We owe them a vote.” The Farm Bill that cleared the House Agriculture Committee contained many victories for Valley farmers, livestock producers, and…
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…
Information Key in Dealing with Climate Change
Improved, long-term information can help ag producers, and their crops and livestock, adapt to climatic changes. Rod Bain has the story. Click to open or download audio report….
Growers Tell Lawmakers about Labor Shortages
A group of prominent specialty crop producers talked to lawmakers this week about the urgent need for immigration reform. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report. Speaking…