…CEO Chris Novak. Doggett Doggett has been in the EVP role since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Public Policy and continues to manage the NCGA’s…
USDA Supports Local Foods in Schools through Farm to School Grants
…brings the total USDA investment in Farm to School Grants to over $25 million across 350 farm to school projects since the program began in 2013. The grants have been…
USDA Lowers Corn, Soybeans, Projected Ending Stocks
…bushels to 1.57 billion bushels, which if reached, would be the lowest level since 2013/2014. The season-average farm price is raised ten cents at the midpoint with a range of…
Margin Protection Program for Dairy Enrollment Deadline June 8
…Dairy (MPP-Dairy) is a voluntary risk management program for dairy producers authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill through Dec. 31, 2018. Significant changes to MPP-Dairy for the 2018 coverage year…
EPA Awards Biofuel Waivers Worth Tens of Millions of Dollars
…sources tell Reuters the refiners argued that the agency had wrongly denied them waivers from the country’s biofuels law as far back as 2014. It’s likely to add fuel to…
Rural Mainstreet Index at Highest Point in Five Years
…to 56.3, its highest reading since July of 2013, also up from 53.5 in April. The index ranges from to 100, with 50 being growth neutral. Ernie Goss, Chair in…
USDA Resumes Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment
…Enhancement Program (CREP) and CRP grasslands). This pause allowed USDA to review available acres and avoid exceeding the 24 million-acre CRP cap set by the 2014 Farm Bill. New limited…
Whole Foods Delays Mandatory GMO Labeling
…that was scheduled to be put into effect on September 1 would be delayed until further notice. The labeling mandate was originally announced in 2013 and would have required foods…
Rickert Ranch Irrigation
…leveling in 2014 (looking south at left and looking west at right). Conveyance ditch used for irrigation before the project in 2014. Land leveling and piped irrigation improved both water…
Secretary Perdue Names FSA Administrator
…by the Trump Administration, Fordyce served as the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, Fordyce was awarded the Missouri Farm Bureau Distinguished Service…
Biodiesel Ranks First Among Fleets for Alt Fuel Use
…operate alternative-fueled trucks in their fleets, up four percent from 2017, and interest is at the highest recorded level since 2014. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
EPA Waivers Lower Ethanol Production Six Percent
…greater than the collective losses from 2013-2015. Despite receiving numerous requests for information from ethanol industry stakeholders on the exact number of waivers, the EPA hasn’t disclosed the number of…
Conaway Hopeful House Will Consider Farm Bill in May
…says the House version of the bill is “impossible to pass.” She alleges that House Agriculture Committee leadership has “abandoned” the broad, partisan coalition that passed the 2014 Farm Bill….
Perdue Statement on House Committee Passage of 2018 Farm Bill
…the 2014 Farm Bill, as I learned in my conversations with farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers in 35 states in the last twelve months. As the bill heads to the…