…more information, visit the Christmas Tree Promotion Board page on USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) website or contact Victoria Carpenter at (202) 720-6930, email VictoriaM.Carpenter@ams.usda.gov. Since 1966, Congress has authorized…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
…and grower-finisher facilities with a capacity of at least 1,000 head. The study is part of USDA’s Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan released in 2015. The study will gather information on…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…overall index was at or above growth neutral was August 2015. The farmland and ranchland-price index for April slumped to a frail 30.7 from March’s 33.0. This is the 41st…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…the request for application for details. NIFA has invested more than $7.1 million through the Food Safety Outreach Program since its establishment in 2015. One of the program’s previously-funded projects…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…Resource Sciences; National FFA officer (central region vice president), 2016-2017 Lynetta Griner of Florida, owner/operator of Usher Land and Timber, president of the Florida Forestry Association A.G. Kawamura of California,…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…4-H and FFA programs, among others, for his leadership in agriculture. As the product of Georgia, a state where agriculture is the leading economic driver, Perdue recognizes that agriculture is…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…sophomore at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; National FFA officer (central region vice president), 2016-2017 Lynetta Griner of Florida, owner/operator of Usher Land…
National Dairy FARM Program Releases Environmental Stewardship Reference Manual to Celebrate Earth Day
…the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas, incorporating existing data from more than 500 dairy farms across the United States. Launched in February, FARM ES is the third…
Pear Industry Votes to Continue Marketing Order
…two states. A continuance referendum is required every six years. Growers who produced pears in Oregon and Washington from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, were eligible to vote…
The Potential Effects of Increased Demand for U.S. Agricultural Exports on Metro and Nonmetro Employment
…in 2015. Yet, the economic linkages between U.S. agricultural exports and rural employment are not fully understood, particularly in the metro and nonmetro regions of each State and among production…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…hit poultry and livestock hard in recent years. As an example, winter storm Goliath killed roughly 40,000 dairy cows in Texas and New Mexico in 2015 and 2016. The Livestock…
Mexico Finishing New Trade Deal with Argentina
…gains into the lucrative grain market in Mexico, Latin America’s second-biggest economy. As recently as 2015, Mexico imported $2.3 billion worth of U.S. corn and $1.4 billion of U.S. soy….
Certified Organic Operations Shows Continued Growth
…around the world. The 2016 count of U.S. certified organic farms and businesses reflects a 13 percent increase between the end of 2015 and 2016, continuing the trend of double…
U.S. Petition Seeks Brazilian Beef Ban
…R-CALF has long been a supporter of country-of-origin meat labeling. However, Congress in 2015 voted to take the U.S. COOL law off the books after the World Trade Organization approved…
