Vilsack Many consumers want to “buy local” and support their local economy with their purchases. When local food marketing opportunities exist for rural producers, they cause ripple effects throughout the…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…to projects that are multistate, multi-institutional, or trans-disciplinary and include clearly defined mechanisms to communicate results to producers. Successful applicants will be expected to engage stakeholders to insure solutions are…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…to south-of-the-delta producers,” Nelsen said. “But the Bureau of Reclamation and National Marine Fisheries Service decided that they needed to hold onto the water for a variety of reasons.” He…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…Its mission is to “develop, maintain, and expand international markets to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers.” The activities of USW are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed…
Farmers Targeted in Phone Scam
…Service Agency does not call producers and ask for banking information. If you get this call, do not give the caller any information. Simply hang up. If you receive or…
War of Words for Dairy Industry
…think of juice, you think of fruit juice, not sweetening syrup. The point of the milk producers federation: when you think of milk, you think cows, not soybeans. The FDA…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
The National Pork Producers Council is calling for TPP trade talks to stop waiting for Japan to comply. Sabrina Hill has more. Pork Producers: Move On Without Japan The National…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
Cotton producers from the Carolinas to California will get a look at a diverse range of agricultural production and processing operations in Montana on June 23-26 as part of the…
USDA Takes Steps to Stop PEDv, PDCoV
The government is stepping in to help stop two major problems for the pork industry. Now, producers will be required to report cases of the disease to federal or state…
Weekly Cotton Market Review
…contracting or domestic mill activity was reported. Foreign mill inquiries were light. The stands made steady progress under warm, sunny conditions. Producers had begun to irrigate. Squaring was underway. Some…
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
…on FSA county committees. Committees consist of three to 11 members that are elected by eligible producers. FSA will mail ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 3, 2014. Ballots are…
California Cattle on Feed Down
…Other disappearance totaled 83,000 during April, 20 percent above 2013. CALIFORNIA MILK PRODUCTION California milk producers produced 3.68 billion pounds of milk in April 2014. This was 3 percent below…
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
…of Ontario • Grain Growers of Canada • Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association Australian signatories: • AgForce Queensland • Grain Growers Limited • Grain Producers Australia • Grain Producers SA…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
In response to the significant impact porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) and porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) are having on U.S. pork producers, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced…