The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is delaying implementation of a controversial new rule on animal welfare standards for organic livestock and poultry. The delay is due to President…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…(including feed, livestock, and seed) down 2.6 percent as a group. Manufactured input expenses were more mixed, with fertilizer group expenditures forecast down by 9.1 percent and fuel/oil expenses up…
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Confirmed in South Korea
…cloven-hoofed livestock and related transport for 30 hours after the confirmation on Monday. All 195 cows raised on the farm with the confirmed infection have been culled to contain the…
GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended
…likely would restrict the buying and selling of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat.” USDA…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
…to TPP countries would grow by $387 million, with most of the exports going to Japan. Nearly 9,000 U.S. jobs would be generated by increased exports of livestock products, according…
South Dakota Considering Country-of-Origin Labeling
…in place. However, Silvia Christen of the South Dakota Stock Growers Association, which promotes the state’s independent livestock producers, said her group supports the measure because it is what consumers…
Trump: Change NAFTA to NAFFTA
…to see NAFTA renegotiated quickly. Mexico is a major foreign market for agricultural commodities. Meanwhile, the U.S. is a key importer of Mexican fruit, vegetables and livestock. From the National…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…months.” The letter noted that, as the former governor of a state that produces billions of dollars in food, fiber, specialty crops, nursery crops, dairy products, poultry and livestock each…
California Cattlemen File Lawsuit Against Fish and Game
…wolf as an endangered species in California. Kirk Wilber, director of government affairs for the California Cattlemen’s Association, said the lawsuit was filed so livestock producers in California could have…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…Lujan Grisham (NM-1), Ranking Member Rep. Al Lawson (FL-5) Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-2) Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) Livestock and Foreign Agriculture…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…and ended up facing big expenses to buy crops at higher prices to fulfill marketing obligations and to feed on-farm livestock. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Livestock Industry Supports Legislation to Address BLM Planning Rule
The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applaud the introduction of concurrent resolutions in both the Senate and House disapproving the Bureau of Land Management’s Planning 2.0…
USDA NASS Conducting Certified Organic Survey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting the 2016 Certified Organic Survey to gather new data on certified organic crops and livestock commodities in…
Cattlemen Applaud Death Tax Repeal Legislation
…comes from assets like land, livestock, and the machinery farmers use in production. The death tax often forces families to pay based on the non-liquid value of those assets. Brunner…