…greater flexibility to restaurants, hotels, and other small businesses to use Federal Government loans under the Paycheck Protection Program to pay for payroll, employee benefits, and other expenses while weathering…
Tree Nut Industry Provides Funding for more UCCE Researchers
…of the new research associates, along with travel and equipment expenses. The agreement dictates that the new UC positions are to be funded annually for up to three years depending…
CA Rep. Costa Drills Perdue on Trade During House Ag Committee Hearing
…and recent strides to break down trade barriers. He updated members on the state of the rural economy providing data on farm income, expected expenses, and debt. Perdue also detailed…
USDA/NASS Prepares for 2019 Organic Survey
…Survey results will expand on the 2017 Census of Agriculture data by looking at several aspects of organic agriculture for the 2019 calendar year, including production, marketing practices, income, expenses…
The Reality of the Beef Checkoff
…the work outlined in their funding request and then seek reimbursement for their costs. This allows for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board to have direct oversight of expenses that use checkoff…
Input Needed for Forthcoming H-2A Cost Estimator Tool
…including inbound travel expenses, housing, transportation, and additional support staff. The end-user will be able to input things like the estimated number of workers that will be needed and the…
Grape Assessment Increase, and Decrease
…expenses continue to increase over time, thereby necessitating an increase in the assessment. The assessment for the Grape Acreage Report remains unchanged. The total assessment for the Grape Crush and…
California Highlights in 2017 Census of Agriculture
…highlights of the 2017 Census of Agriculture include the rising cost of labor in California. Labor expenses were shown to increase nearly 20 percent from 2012, costing approximately $7 billion…
Beef Cattle Cost Study Released from UC ANR
…a year, as well as other overhead expenses. The beef cattle cost study, as well as other agricultural cost of production studies, is available through the UC Davis website. About…
Organic Certification Cost Aid Continues With New Farm Bill
…paid organic certification fees to a USDA-accredited certifying agent. Eligible expenses for cost-share reimbursement include application fees, inspection costs, fees related to equivalency agreement and arrangement requirements, travel expenses for…
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…operations making under $50,000 represent just 2.9 percent. Farm expenses are $326 billion with feed, livestock purchased, hired labor, fertilizer and cash rents topping the list of farm expenses in…
Well-Known Uesugi Farms Closing Doors
…an industry that does not set prices,” Aiello said. “We take prices that are given to us, and when your expenses go up like that, it’s hard to survive, and…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…of disaster related expenses have need for assistance, assistance to producers suffering damage to working lands and cattle mortality, helped businesses and utilities by considering requests to defer principal and/or interest…
Six New Dairy Biomethane Projects Receive Funding
…for infrastructure investments and operating expenses over a period of 20 years. “The pilots chosen will provide us with valuable information about the interconnection process and hopefully facilitate other biomethane…