…and directly engaged” in agriculture. The ordnance was enacted to control growth and development in the region. Mr. Benedetti has obtained the help of the Pacific Legal Foundation or PLF….
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…voted to recommend Cotton Incorporated’s proposed 2018 budget of $74 million to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The Cotton Board also elected Louisiana cotton producer George LaCour, Jr. as Chairman…
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
…to ensure the protection of workers, public health, and the environment. The pesticides monitored were selected based primarily on potential risk to human health. They include all the major fumigants…
Farm City Newsday, Thursday 8-17-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
Congress Returns Next Month Facing Challenges
…to other issues important to agriculture, including a new farm bill. Moore says….tape Bill Moore says staffs on both sides of the Hill are already starting to write the 2018…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…stand toe to toe with NCBA, NPPC and the other industrial agriculture political voices.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. from Family Farm Action Family Farm Action…
Roberts, McCaskill To Host Agriculture Security Roundtable
Roberts Senate Agriculture Chair Pat Roberts of Kansas, along with Senate Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri will hold a roundtable discussion Friday on agriculture security. Senators McCaskill and Roberts will…
Not All Ag Groups Happy with Direction of NAFTA Talks
…Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Officials with the Mexican National Association of Rural Producers says the “whole process should begin with a thorough, independent evaluation of NAFTA’s economic, social,…
Agri View: Beef Import and Export
…agriculture. So, it is safe to assume that big hunk of pot roast or that T-bone steak, just off the grill, staring you in the face, came from a Texas…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA) sent a joint letter to Canadian, the United States, and Mexican government…
Farm City Newsday, Wednesday 8-16-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
U.S. to Pursue Other Trade Openings During NAFTA Talks
…U.S. agriculture has one eye on protecting years of gains under NAFTA, but the other on U.S. efforts to expand ag trade elsewhere, after President Trump ditched TPP. U.S. Trade…
Dicamba Damage Reports Still Climbing
…Through state departments of agriculture surveys, at least 2,242 official investigations have taken place up through August 10th. Estimates from state weed extension experts show suspected dicamba damage totals 3.1…
Agri View: Crop Dusting Changes
…take away all of the danger. But, it did make the job sound safer. And, like everything else in agriculture, the task of applying chemicals to the crops from the…