…U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents. Foreign and international organizations are not eligible. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2017. See the request for applications for…
November Dairy Market Report
…individual states accelerating their production than it is a gradual recovery from extended losses by several states with large production volumes. Extended losses in those states had held down growth…
Western View: Harvest Hosts Brings the Customers to your Farm
…RVs (no tight turns, no tree branches, etc.) and provide a fairly level parking area with space for RV side-slides to be extended. For more information, visit their website at…
Ag Bankers Are Increasing Collateral
…for 15 months in a row. Estimates are 70 percent of rural bankers are increasing collateral for ag loans because of the extended slump in the farm economy. Over the…
Conaway Open to Farm Bill Split
…both sides of the Farm Bill extended on time” following a meeting examining the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Conaway says the process is to be determined but said “If it’s…
Tackling Issues with Trump Administration
National Farmers Union (NFU) extended a congratulatory letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump, outlining opportunities to work together with the new administration on several common ground farm policy issues. “We…
Trade Officials Prepare to Push TPP following Elections
…TPP’s rules, signatories have an initial two-year window from when the deal was signed to complete their domestic procedures for ratification. Should all 12 not ratify by the deadline, the…
Calls for New Relief Provisions in Next Farm Bill
…quarter of the region is suffering from severe drought or even worse. Politico’s Morning Ag Report says this extended dry spell comes after heavy snow and flooding hit the region…
APHIS Extends Status to Two GE Potatoes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) extended deregulation to two lines of genetically engineered (GE) potatoes developed by J.R. Simplot Company for late…
Administration Given More Time to Defend WOTUS
…Farmer’s First Thing Today says the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals extended the deadline to file their response in defense of the rule from December 23rd of this year to…
APHIS Proposes Orchids Can Be Safely Imported
…of evidence of quarantine plant pests no more than 30 days before they are exported to the United States. APHIS will carefully consider all comments received by the deadline and…
Ag Mega-Mergers Delayed
…submit paperwork by a deadline Friday. For that deal, The Wall Street Journal says European regulators have set an initial deadline for the merger probe for October 28th to decide…
Belgium Region Ignoring Deadline, Leaving Infinite Timeline on CETA
A small region of Belgium that blocked a major trade deal last week between the European Union and Canada won’t give in on its position. Belgium’s Wallonia region had until…
Renewable Fuel Standard Sent to OMB for Review
…EPA on track to finalize volumes by the statutory November 30th deadline. Over the last few years, EPA has struggled to meet the deadline. EPA proposed a 2017 total RFS…