Secretary Perdue shakes hands with dairy farmer Paul Rovey after signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Department of Agriculture and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy U.S.…
Beginning Farmer Training Program Receives State Approval
…CLBL, Soil Born Farms and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. the California Department of Food and Agriculture was also integral to the two-year process with grant funding provided by their…
Cattlemen Applaud Introduction of Strong Bipartisan Bill in U.S. Senate
…that farms were exempt from CERCLA reporting and small farms, in particular, were exempt from EPCRA reporting, given that low-level livestock emissions are not the kind of “releases” that Congress…
NRCS Specialist Returns from Retirement to Assist Wildfire Relief Efforts
…Casale has helped livestock producers to, “look at the fire damage to their pasture rangelands and their watershed lands on their farms and ranches.” Casale assisted with outreach through participating…
NRCS and the Rice Stewardship Partnership Helping Central Valley Irrigation
…Rice, and NRCS is providing a great opportunity for rice producers to improve irrigation efficiency and water quality, as well as wildlife habitat, on their farms.” Because rice is 100…
Farm Bureau Asks Court to Block Obama WOTUS Rule
…nationwide stay blocking the Obama administration’s illegal 2015 “Waters of the U.S.” rule from taking effect on farms and ranches across the nation. The race to the courthouse follows the…
Highlights From the February 2018 Farm Income Forecast
…hog, poultry, and dairy farm businesses—along with all crop farm business categories—is forecast to decline in 2018, with wheat and dairy farms expected to see double-digit (percentage) declines. Farm sector…
Turkey Growers Seeking to Close Gap with Consumers
…that the group says “offers common-sense answers about raising healthy turkey flocks on family farms.” Featuring a series of videos introducing consumers to turkeys raised on corn and soybeans in…
January Ag Economy Barometer Results
…producers from across the U.S. indicated that the measure of producer sentiment climbed to 135 points at the beginning of 2018, up nine points from December’s 126. Organizers say the…
CA Study Says Farm Fields Are Causing Air Pollution
…the U.S. It says the impact is especially large in the Midwest, where fertilizer inputs are substantial. The study took place in California’s central valley, with the authors saying more…
Court Grants Delay for Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s request to delay air emissions reporting requirements for farms until May first. Dairy Herd Dot Com says…
Perdue Unveils Farmers.gov, Interactive Website for Agricultural Producers
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue unveils Farmers.gov at a breakfast hosted by the Michigan Farm Bureau. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled Farmers.gov, the new interactive one-stop website for…
CFBF Advocates for Reasonable Regulation
…compliance thresholds. Smaller, family-owned farms do not typically have the luxury of being able to afford to hire an extra employee for regulatory purposes. The complexity of regulatory expectations is…
Almond Update: FSMA Here, What You Need to Know
…compliance date for the Produce Safety rule, applying to farms with more than $500,000 in annual produce sales. Growers (along with huller/shellers and brownskin almond handlers that meet the primary…