U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue met his counterpart from Brazil on Monday to discuss the U.S. ban on fresh beef imports from Brazil. Perdue said the U.S. needs to see…
Farmers and Ranchers Push for Comprehensive Tax Reform
Tax policies to support and preserve agriculture are essential to every farmer and rancher in America, a group of Farm Bureau members in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with…
Farm City Newsday, Wednesday 7-19-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
AgNet Media to Host Sonny Perdue at Citrus Expo
AgNet West, with it’s parent company AgNet Media Incorporated, is proud to announce we will host Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue at the largest grower trade show and seminar program…
House Budget Wants $10 Billion Cuts to Ag Spending
The House GOP released its budget this week, calling for $10 billion in spending cuts to agricultural programs through the next ten years. However, Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says the…
Agri View: Animal Agriculture
Everett Griner talks about animal agriculture is still a target in today’s Agri View. Animal Agriculture Now the closing of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus was viewed by…
Farm Bureau Responds to USTR’s NAFTA Objectives
…revenue for U.S. agriculture. They create a level playing field for our farmers and ranchers to compete in the global marketplace, and NAFTA is no exception with ag exports to…
Vaccine Bank Needed To Protect Food, National Security
…all of the agriculture, not just livestock producers, and will have long-lasting ramifications for the viability of U.S. agriculture, the maintenance of food security and affordability … and overall national…
Air Curtain Burner Solves Pile of Problems
The air curtain burner at Minturn Hulling Cooperative. A Central Valley huller has found a way to rid themselves of a growing pile of agriculture waste with an incinerating unit…
Investing in the Future of Ag Technology
…This sentiment was also expressed by Paul Wenger, President of the California Farm Bureau Federation, in his testimony before the House Agriculture Committee. The future prosperity of agriculture is going…
Farmers Worried About the Future of Health Care
It may not be front and center in agriculture like the farm bill discussion is, but farmers have a lot to worry about as Congress debates the future of health…
China Approves More GMO Crops
China’s Ministry of Agriculture announced it has approved two more genetically modified crops for import into the country. A Reuters article says it’s the second move in the past month…
Conaway Applauds Trump Administration’s NAFTA Plan
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) today applauded U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer’s newly-released NAFTA objectives detailing the administration’s plans to expand market opportunities and tighten enforcement…
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives
…Mexico for U.S. manufacturing, agriculture, and services. In addition to President Trump being the first American president to begin renegotiating a comprehensive free trade agreement like NAFTA, for the first…