Livestock groups welcomed a delay by the Donald Trump administration to an interim final rule under GIPSA, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. A notice in Wednesday’s Federal Register…
USDA Announces $150.2 Million in Funding through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
…the demand,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “To ensure nutritional security, it is imperative to develop innovative technologies and sustainable management strategies for livestock, crops, and critical underlying resources.” The…
Egg-Citing News – Food Prices Down for Easter
…Spring Picnic Marketbasket Survey. “As expected due to lower farm-gate prices, we have seen continued declines in retail prices for livestock products including eggs, beef, chicken, pork and cheese,” said…
Pork Producers Applaud White House Action on GIPSA Rule
…the buying and selling of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat.” A notice in tomorrow’s…
Ag Confidence Grows as Latest DTN/PF Survey Suggests Strong Future
…producing a 169.7 rating for future expectations despite a gloomy 63.2 rating for their current situation. Livestock producers came in at 89 for the current, 149.8 for the future. The…
Agri View: Farming Proposals
…livestock. Now I ask you. Is this fair? People who have never been on a farm, telling those who have spent their lives on a farm, how to operate. That…
David Lewis to receive Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…Eric Bradford, a livestock geneticist who gave 50 years of service to UC Davis, and the late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist. “David epitomizes the…
California Farm Groups Opposing State Gas Tax Proposal
…Senate bill seeks the increases to pay for road repairs. However, a coalition of agriculture groups, including the Western Growers Association and several state commodity and livestock groups, say the…
House Agriculture Committee Leadership Calls for Swift Confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue
…influenza was discovered in a commercial poultry flock along the Mississippi Flyway. In the southern high plains, wildfires have burned more than two million acres, killed thousands of livestock, and…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
…issue. Respectfully, Agricultural Retailers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Sheep Industry Association American Soybean Association American Sugarbeet Growers Association Livestock Marketing Association National Association of State Departments of Agriculture…
APHIS Announces Public Meetings on Animal Disease Traceability
…regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate. The original ADT framework was designed to be flexible to allow States and tribes to meet the animal identification requirements…
Funding to Relieve Veterinary Shortages
…health, and producer profitability, especially in rural areas of the country where most livestock production occurs,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “VSGP supports education and extension activities that will help…
Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog
…the ability of farmers to use the MPP properly. Expanding the use of the Livestock Gross Margin Program with the MPP. Under current law, dairy farmers must choose either the…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…returns to alfalfa producers as well as end-users, including milk producers. develop methods to estimate alfalfa forage yield and quality, which would support marketing alfalfa forage as a livestock feed,…