Everett Griner talks about agriculture now a cyber crime target in today’s Agri View. Cyber Crime Agriculture was one of the last American industries to adopt computer technology. Today it…
Conaway urges CFTC to halt midnight rulemaking
…overreaching or unnecessary, we should agree that the American people have asked for someone else to make that judgement.” “President Obama told the public that he was looking forward to…
Lone Star Ranch Named 2016 California Leopold Conservation Award® Recipient
…possible thanks to generous contributions from American AgCredit, Farm Credit West, The Harvey L. & Maud S. Sorenson Foundation, The Nature Conservancy and Environmental Defense Fund. ABOUT THE LEOPOLD CONSERVATION…
Ousted Kansas Representative Wants Top USDA Post
…week. Huelskamp holds a doctorate in agriculture policy from American University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1995. However, he was kicked off the House Agriculture Committee in 2012…
Rural Mainstreet Index Still Weak for November
Negative Cash Flows for One-Fifth of Livestock Farmers November Survey Results at a Glance: For a 15th straight month, the Rural Mainstreet Index fell below growth neutral. Farmland prices decline…
Lawmakers Mixed on WRDA Lame-duck Changes
…done in the next few weeks.” DeFazio opposed the House-passed version of the bill earlier this year after a provision to increase spending from the industry-funded Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund…
Canada Cattle Producers urge Trade Fight if Trump Revives COOL
…within Trump’s transition team detailed how the new administration would immediately initiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, according to Reuters. That could include…
Agri View: Water War
…the losing side will be devastated. Georgia’s rich farmland or Florida’s rich oyster farming. Time will tell. And it won’t be a happy ending. That’s Agri View for today. I’m…
AFBF 2016 Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey
…over the past year. 148 volunteer shoppers in 40 states participated in the survey (every region represented). American farmers and ranchers provide abundant and affordable food products throughout the year….
Senate Ag Committee Urges Obama to Press China on Biotech Approvals
…agriculture biotechnology product approvals in China. The bipartisan letter contains 37 signatures, 16 of which are Senate Agriculture Committee members. The Senators write, “American producers rely on access to the…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
…USDA works to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume,…
Tackling Issues with Trump Administration
…finding issues of mutual agreement for the betterment of farmers, ranchers, rural communities and the broader American public,” said NFU President Roger Johnson. Johnson Rejecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, reducing the…
NFU Backs American Food for American Schools Legislation
…By improving transparency and enforcement of the Buy American provisions, through the American Food for American Schools Act, we can better support both American agriculture and child nutrition,” said NFU…
Pistachio Crop Blows Past Record Estimates
…providing adequate chilling hours for trees in most areas. American Pistachio Growers Executive Director Richard Matoian spoke at the South Valley Nut Conference in Tulare. He said the industry knew…