…rejected by voters, would have required the state’s courts to overturn any agricultural or livestock regulations unless there was a “compelling state interest” to uphold them. The attorney general also…
Perdue Nominated as Ag Secretary; Ag Groups Show Support
…and small businessman. His educational training as a veterinarian also gives him unique insights into the important issues facing America’s livestock producers in the areas of animal health, food safety…
Funding to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-grant Institutions
…the NIFA 1890s Facilities Grants Program web page for more information. Previously funded projects include an outreach and teaching facility for livestock at Tuskegee University. The university’s Cooperative Extension division…
USDA Strengthens Integrity of the Organic Label
…must treat livestock and poultry to ensure their health and well-being throughout life, including transport and slaughter. Specifying which physical alterations are allowed and prohibited in organic livestock and poultry…
Another ‘Midnight’ Regulation Dumped On Farmers
…1990 would strictly dictate how organic producers must raise livestock and poultry, including during transport and slaughter, and specify, without scientific justification, which common practices are allowed and prohibited in…
USDA Expands Grasslands Conservation Program
…livestock production (e.g. grazing or producing hay), while following their conservation and grazing plans in order to maintain the cover. A goal of CRP Grasslands is to minimize conversion of…
Obama Designates New National Monuments Along California Coast
…management of monument objects. How does the expansion impact grazing? Authorized grazing within these monument additions, including grazing as a management tool, will continue to be governed by the same…
Proposed Rule Issued to Amend COOL Provisions; Invites Public Comments
…Federal Register. Comments must be submitted by March 14, 2017, and may be posted at www.regulations.gov, or sent to: COOL Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA;…
USDA Proposes Adjusted Membership on Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board
…appear in the Jan. 13, 2017, Federal Register. Comments may be submitted online at www.regulations.gov, or sent to Mike Dinkel, Marketing Specialist; Research and Promotion Division, Room 2608-S; Livestock, Poultry,…
Western View: Drought-Busting Rain?
…running off recently burned land – a problem we’ve made worse by stopping the grazing of cattle in the high country. As the rains fall and promises to bring our…
Farm Service Agency Expands Bridges to Opportunity Nationwide
…for assistance, FSA employees were able to provide traditional services, such as the Livestock Forage Program and the Emergency loan program administered by FSA, as well as connect local farmers…
Entrepreneurs Share Insights for Taking on Investors
…of ScoutPro, Inc.; Stuart McCulloh, ScoutPro’s director of customer success; Janette Barnard, founder and CEO of The Poultry Exchange; and Dane Kuper and Dustin Balsley, founders of Performance Livestock Analytics,…
Agri View: Vanishing Kudzu
…imported to the U.S. to help build the soil and supply grazing for farm animals. In the beginning it did neither. It just grew, and grew, and grew. It was…
Sodexo Food Service Announces New Animal Welfare Standards
In a joint announcement with the Humane Society of the U.S., food service company Sodexo announced it’s adopting new animal welfare requirements for broiler chickens and other livestock, one day…