…2014. For January through August, beef exports increased ten percent in volume and 16 percent in value compared to the first eight months of 2016. Meanwhile, Pork exports totaled 183,600…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…and PLC programs were authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and offer a safety net to agricultural producers when there is a substantial drop in revenue or prices for covered…
Goodlatte Guest Worker Bill Up for Committee Vote Wednesday
…United Farm Workers and the AFL-CIO told Congress the bill would “create even more unfairness and dysfunction” in the immigration system. Goodlatte’s 2013 version of the bill passed out of…
Rice Growers Eager to Enter Chinese Market
…imports. Since 2013 China has been the largest importer of rice, taking in close to five million tons last year. “This is the first new commercial market that we have…
New Zealand Triples U.S. DDGS Purchases
…milk supply in New Zealand is expected to reach 21.9 million tons, surpassing the prior record of 2014, thanks to higher-expected cow numbers and optimal pasture conditions. With the further…
2016 Sales of U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up
…as well as to include grape data by variety.” Ten states accounted for 77 percent of U.S. certified organic sales, virtually the same share as in 2015 and 2014. Crops…
SNAP Draws Strong Praise
…push to make big cuts in the 2014 farm bill. Diane Schanzenbach teaches at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research. SNAP 80-percent of recipients, children, the disabled, elderly or working…
Farm Bill This Fall “High Hurdle” for Senate
…Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow “are a team,” and that the committee had marked up a bill quickly in 2014 and could do it again. At the beginning of…
Roberts Wants Farm Bill to Target SNAP Fraud
…a hearing Thursday focusing on misreporting of costs in the program. During the 2014 Farm Bill process, a national payment-error rate was reported at 3.2 percent. A USDA spokesperson says…
The Western View: Bundy Trials
…that the cattlemen thought were unfair. Rancher Cliven Bundy had been withholding payment on his land use fees as part of the protest. Back in 2014 the Bureau of Land…
UC to Host Washington Forum on NAFTA Future
The University of California will bring together academics, policymakers, industry leaders and trade and political experts next Thursday (Sept. 21) for a one-day forum in Washington, D.C., on the renegotiation…
Strong Numbers for American Beef Exports
…was the highest valued month of beef exports since December 2014. Beef exports for the first seven months of the year showed an increase of 11 percent in volume and…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…The realignments include: Advancing Trade In keeping with Congress’ directive in the 2014 Farm Bill and to advance agricultural trade, the Department in May created an Under Secretary for Trade…
Farm and Biofuels Groups Urge EPA to Comply With Federal Court Decision
…and against the Obama EPA in how it used waivers to roll back conventional ethanol volumes in the statute for 2014 through ’16. Yet the Trump EPA is now proposing…