…and DDRDP projects. It has secured approximately $75 million from the USDA Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities program. Dairy Plus will fund advanced manure management practices to reduce greenhouse gas…
USDA Supporting American Producers, School Meals, and Emergency Operations
…be distributed to schools for their meal programs, and almost $1 billion for states to order commodities from USDA vendors for emergency food providers. Those emergency providers include food banks…
McKalip Discusses Specialty Crops, GMO Corn, Dairy Trade at Summit
…there is no commodity too small by volume for us not to spend time and effort trying to open up marketplaces around the globe for those commodities as well. That…
USDA Offers Assistance to Help Organic Dairy Producers
…costs, compounded by increases in feed and transportation costs and the limited availability of organic grain and forage commodities. FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says, “Without assistance, many organic dairies, particularly…
SAVE Act to Protect Common Food Names in Export Markets
…commodities and food products. Not only would the SAVE Act assign definitions to common names, but the Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative would also have to defend the…
California’s ‘Lowest Cotton Acreage’ in History Expected This Year
…not very attractive.” Competition with other commodities has also contributed to the low cotton acreage. Continually increasing prices paid by canneries over the past few years have made tomatoes a…
Rodale Institute Applauds USDA Investments in Organic Farmers
…Recent USDA data shows farms and ranches in the United States sold over $11 billion in certified organic commodities in 2021, a 13 percent increase from 2019. From the National…
Some Food Prices Rise in April
…international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points in April, 0.6 percent higher than in March. That reading was 19 percent below April 2022 but still five percent higher…
Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative Begins Implementation
…with 29 projects involving 45 commodities already active. According to the project dashboard, six projects impacting 14 major commodities are underway in California. “Farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are on…
DPR Confirms Another Reduction in Pesticide Use in 2021
…also declined by nearly 11 million acres. Almonds, grapes, strawberries, oranges, and tangerines were treated with the most total pounds of pesticide materials in 2021 and are considered “commodities of…
VofV: Ian LeMay, President of the California Fresh Fruit Association, on how Agtech Bolsters Ag Labor
…this day, as our commodities still holistically depend on the human hand to pick, pack and ship our commodities, labor will lead every conversation in terms of an issue focus…
Is U.S. Losing Trade Competitiveness?
The U.S. remains the top exporter of a few commodities, but the competition is getting closer. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS)…
USDA Celebrates First National Biobased Products Day
…Xochitl Torres Small said. “As we look to the future, rural communities are at the forefront of addressing climate change by using biobased innovations to convert feedstocks, such as commodities…
AgNet News Hour: Wednesday, 03-08-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers how tariffs are still impacting ag commodities, pumping restrictions on the Delta and…