…not meet the Census of Agriculture definition of a farm or ranch are now excluded from the response rate calculation. The recalculated response rate from this procedural change resulted in…
AFBF: Environmental Litigation Reform Needed
…groups in terms of their ability to recover attorneys’ fees—and recover handsomely, even without prevailing on the merits of their claims.” A last-minute “technical change” to the law, for example,…
Deadline Weekend Likely to Pass with Little Farm Bill, NAFTA Progress
…have funding, including the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program, seen as key units of USDA given the current trade climate. Leaders of the farm bill conference…
Kansas Representative Exploring Ways to Trade with Cuba
…Cuba and the U.S., a priority over the last few years for U.S. agriculture and more-so given the current trade climate. Marshall says the U.S. “can and should be Cuba’s…
Farm Bureau Calls for Evaluation of Endangered Species Protection
…species from extinction. This goal will not and should not change. What we grapple with today is not whether we should conserve species from extinction, but how we should conserve…
Lower Pork Prices Helping Demand
…supplies of hogs are expected to keep hog prices significantly below year-ago levels through at least the first half of 2019. Even with the current trade climate, July pork exports…
EPA RFS Waiver Website Doesn’t Include Justification
…a North Dakota farmer, says without a change in how EPA accounts for those exempted gallons at EPA, “ those waived gallons will still be lost from RFS obligations”. The…
NCGA Names Doggett as CEO
…Federation, where he was AFBF’s lead lobbyist on several public policy issues, including ethanol, climate change, land use, conservation, and endangered species. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Bad Weather Year
…only the crops. People suffered. You see, this was before climate change, and global warming, and air conditioning. It has been a hard year weather wise. It hit everybody. Not…
Global Hunger Continues to Increase
…report found that climate variability affecting rainfall patterns and agricultural seasons, and climate extremes such as droughts and floods, are among the key drivers behind the rise in hunger, together…
The Western View: El Niño Winter Ahead?
…get too excited – some of the experts say it will be a weak one. El Niño Winter Ahead? Just what is El Niño? Its weather, caused by changes in…
2019 Farmland Rental Rates Expected Steady with 2018
Farmland rental rates are not expected to change much in 2019. A new forecast by Farmers National Company predicts cash rental rates for 2019 to stay the same as 2018,…
Agri View: Overhauling Livestock Hauling
…big truck. The 10 hour delay can prove costly to the driver, his company, and the producers. But, it is as law, and that is that. That may change soon….
Alternative Manure Management Projects Receive $21.6 Million in Funding
…among these projects to help meet the state’s climate goals,” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said in a press release. “This is the innovation that California farmers are renowned for.” Some…