…export partners,” said Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee’s Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Committee. “Today, the House of Representatives continued the work started in the…
USDA Seeks Input from Growers About 2015 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, and Values
…interview the operators of any farm or ranch on that land. Growers will provide information on crop acreage – including biotech crops—as well as grain stocks, livestock inventory, cash rents,…
Editorial: Country of Origin Labeling
…released congressionally mandated study, the USDA estimated it would cost approximately $2.6 billion for the livestock and meat industry to comply with COOL rules. These rules required livestock from outside…
Legislation Introduced in House to Repeal COOL
…introduced in the 2002 Farm Bill covering beef, pork and chicken; and implemented in 2008, COOL has been detrimental to the U.S. livestock industry and without benefit to U.S. consumers….
Vilsack: New Investments in Water Conservation, Resilience Across Drought-Stricken States
…effects of drought in their operations, including prescribed grazing, livestock watering facilities, cover crops, nutrient management, irrigation systems, and other water conservation practices. On average, farmers and ranchers contribute half…
WTO Rules Against U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Requirements
…consumers and violates our international trade obligations,” said Ellis. “Now that the WTO has ruled for a fourth time that this rule discriminates against Canadian and Mexican livestock, the next…
NCBA President: Next Step is Retaliation
…for a fourth time that this rule discriminates against Canadian and Mexican livestock, the next step is retaliation by Canada and Mexico. Retaliation will irreparably harm our economy and our…
USDA Announces Funding to Assist with Organic Certification Costs
…businesses nationwide. Through the Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program (AMA), an additional $900,000 is available to organic producers (crop and livestock operators only) in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,…
Cricket: It’s What’s For Dinner
It’s been a refrain for years now: Cows, the most popular livestock in the U.S., need far too many natural resources (water, food, land) to produce each pound of edible…
A Day in Marin: Farmers Share a Passion for a Place Called California
…so much more – he manages a restaurant and retail outlets, he handles the shipping and marketing, and he painstakingly sources an impressive array of livestock and poultry, all raised…
Lowest Fed Cattle Marketing in March and Why
USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam looks at why marketings of fed cattle were the lowest for March since the Cattle on Feed report series began in 1996. Lowest Fed Cattle…
USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture
…on the right timing, type, placement and quantity of nutrients to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and provide cost savings through efficient application. Livestock Partnerships: Encourage broader deployment of anaerobic digesters,…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…of eroded soil into the seas also carry industrial, municipal, agricultural and livestock waste–some of it toxic. Soil Loss of soil productivity, which is causing extensive land abandonment, is a…
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
…hulls, which are sold as livestock feed, reducing the amount of water needed to grow other feed crops. The hulls supplant hay or alfalfa, which then does not need to…