Everett Griner talks about the crop outlook for 2017 factoring in the weather in today’s Agri View. Weather is Important for Crop Outlook Market analysts were predicting another tough year…
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…small towns around the country feeling the loss and wanting to share the burden. Yes, the fire was awful. But the heartfelt response of the agricultural community is doing a…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…until now serving as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, will now be Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. He has…
American Farm Bureau Cautions on Cuba
…Cuba that would limit our agricultural export opportunities. We should be doing more, not less, to encourage U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba. Our farmers and ranchers and the Cuban people…
China Trade Agreement Includes Biotech Approvals
…Journal reports China has approved imports of two new varieties of genetically modified crops, clearing the way for U.S. agricultural companies to market new biotech seeds to farmers. Through the…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…agencies charged with implementing economic, community and global market development, including agricultural programs, while also emphasizing regulatory flexibility for farms and small businesses. With a dependence on sound science, task…
USDA to Speed Through GMO Labeling Rule
…senior analyst at the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Livestock, Poultry and Seed program told the International Dairy Foods Association’s regulatory conference in Washington on this week that USDA has started to…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…agricultural watersheds across the United States. The grants are funded through the Water for Agriculture Challenge Area of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill….
AFBF Details NAFTA Renegotiation Priorities
…believe negotiations should address how U.S. agricultural exports to Canada would grow if tariff barriers to dairy, poultry, and eggs were reduced or eliminated, as well as the relatively recent…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
…establishment of 22 research and promotion boards that are industry-funded and empower agricultural industries with a framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets,…
Duvall Praises Selection of Hazlett for Rural Development
…and ranchers and strengthen the rural communities they call home. Her background in rural issues in Indiana and her background in agricultural policy make her an ideal candidate to lead…
Farmland Values Expected to Decline
Experts expect farmland values to decline as agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes. Agricultural real estate business Farmers National Company says agricultural land values in most…
Pig Pens: A Look at Mirrors and Mats
by USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS scientists found that pigs preferred to be in pens with mirrors and rubber mats. (Photo by Shelly Deboer.) What a pig sees when it…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…local foods, offering taste tests to children, buying equipment, planting school gardens and organizing field trips to agricultural operations, Long said. State and local agency interest and engagement in community…