…designated markets averaged 79.87 cents per pound for the week ended Thursday, June 5, 2014. The weekly average was up from 79.21 cents last week, and up from 78.70 cents…
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins Sunday, June 15, 2014. “County committees…
California Cattle on Feed Down
…million head on May 1, 2014. The inventory was 1 percent below May 1, 2013. Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.64 million, 5 percent below 2013. Net placements were…
California Weekly Grain Report
Compared with Thu May 29, 2014 Paid by feed manufacturers and other users, delivered plant or Receiving station. All prices are offers for prompt shipment unless otherwise stated. For the…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…market-ready hogs this summer could fall by more than 10 percent relative to 2013 because of PEDv. Together with industry and our State partners, the steps we will take through…
Weekly Broiler Hatchery Report Released
…from the year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 29, 2013 through May 31, 2014 for the United States were 3.76 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period…
Monthly Dairy Products Report
…950 million pounds, 2.2 percent above April 2013 but 1.4 percent below March 2014. Italian type cheese production totaled 414 million pounds, 5.2 percent above April 2013 but 2.8 percent…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…also begin June 9. TIP funding was increased by more than 30 percent in the 2014 Farm Bill, providing up to $33 million through 2018. As part of the 2014…
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
…are due Friday, July 11, 2014 and may be obtained at www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/. “Ecosystem services are an essential element in farming and ranching,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “They include waterfowl…
AFBF on Future of Immigration Reform
…to Kristi Boswell, American Farm Bureau ag labor specialist. While many were skeptical of immigration reform occurring at all this year due to 2014 being an election year, Boswell says…
2014 FSA County Committee Elections
…Centers is August 1, 2014. To obtain nomination forms and more information regarding FSA County Committees, go to http://www.fsa.usda.gov/elections or your local USDA Service Center. En 2014, el Comité de…
AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm…
USDA Selects 2014 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2014 – The USDA today announced the 15 members of the 2014 class of the E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship Program. The 15 fellows, highly accomplished…