…be cage-free. If passed, California would be one of only two states to have such regulations on farm animal welfare. Proposition 2, which was put into effect in 2015, already…
USDA Forecasts Increase in Farm Income
…inventories as part of prior-year income. However, that predicted increase is still lower than every year from 2010 to 2015. During that period, net farm income peaked in 2013 $131.3…
Crop Insurance Industry Responds to GOA Report
The crop insurance industry is calling a report by the Government Accountability Office “disheartening.” The GAO last week recommended to Congress that it considers directing the Department of Agriculture to…
Raisin Growers Must ‘Opt-in’ to Class Action Lawsuit
…Reserve Class Action. Bob F. Hansen and other family members originally filed the class action lawsuit on August 26, 2015, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the USDA raisin…
GAO Recommends Lowering Crop Insurance Expected Rate of Return
…information in the study for 2009 through 2015, the reasonable rate of return declined, averaging 9.6 percent. By reducing the expected rate of return, GAO says the federal crop insurance…
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
…6 tons per acre in the 1950s to 30 tons per acre today. Knapp took over directorship of the program in 2015. He and his team are working to develop…
Farm Computer Ownership Report Released by USDA
…the Internet, with 29 percent of the farms in the United States using it, down from 30 percent in 2015. A satellite connection, at 21 percent, remained steady from 2015….
ISU Study Shows No Impact of RFS on Greenhouse Gasses
…million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent under the 2015 baseline, but that was more than offset by increased emissions in the rest of the world. From the National Association of…
Fresno County 2016 Crop Report Shows Drought, Market Impacts
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors were presented with the Fresno County Department of Agriculture’s 2016 Crop and Livestock Report, which illustrated a decline of 7.23% percent from 2015. Overall…
South American Palm Weevil Makes Headway into California
…dollars in 2015 and date production has continued to expand since then. “The demand for dates as a healthy, nutritious food is increasing and people like California dates,” Hoddle stated….
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
…are also saving…tape Savings The study also shows a 200-million barrel drop in 2015 crude oil imports due to the RFS. Dinneen argues the study undermines the oil industry’s narrative…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…Lapan, and Hyunseok Kim. “We find that the RFS has indeed proved to be a remarkably effective tool for farm support.” The analysis found the RFS in 2015 saved the…
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…after the Obama-era WOTUS is repealed. “We’re trying to fix the challenges from the 2015 rule, where the Obama Administration re-imagined their authority under the Clean Water Act and defined…
Kid Rock Potential Stabenow Challenger
…to the race for the Michigan Senate seat. Stabenow also served as the Senate Agriculture Committee chair from 2011 to 2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
