The American Farm Bureau Federation wants the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency assistance to dairy farmers. The request follows a call by 61 members of Congress asking USDA to…
Crop Production Forecast
…54 thousand acres, resulting in a yield of 1,733 pounds per acre. California’s American Pima cotton production forecast is 490 thousand bales, up 36 percent from last year. Harvested acreage…
Funding to Train the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders
…USDA has taken big, bold steps to forge a new era for civil rights and ensure all Americans who come to USDA for help are treated fairly, with dignity and…
NMPF Asks USDA for Assistance
…to the needy – a measure that would help both farmers, and food insecure Americans who patronize food banks. In a letter sent Friday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, National…
Dairy Industry Leaders Pledge Cooperation
…of Industrial Milk (CANILEC). Suber Mulhern and Suber characterized the summit as re-energizing a relationship forged under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which came into force in 1994….
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…first-of-its kind state program that invests in farmland conservation in order to benefit the climate. The Strategic Growth Council launched the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) in 2015. The…
Agri View: Consuming GMO Crops
…China, South Africa, Australia, Germany, and Spain. On U.S. farmland, acreage planted with genetically engineered crops jumped nearly 25-fold from 3.6 million acres (1.5 million hectares) in 1996 to 88.2…
Ag Looking for Tax Certainty from Candidates
…to the Estate Tax. Ag Looking for Tax Certainty from Candidates Agriculture is looking for tax certainty from whoever wins the White House. American Farm Bureau Federation tax adviser Pat…
Technology Needed to Meet Population Growth
…farmland needing to increase productivity, which is the total amount of food produced on an acre, needs to grow at a very large percentage in order to match what the…
Wal-Mart donated $1 Million for Conservation Efforts by Rice Farmers
…Conservation Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Walmart Foundation, the Mosaic Company Foundation, Chevron U.S.A., Freeport-McMoRan Foundation, Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation, RiceTec, BASF, American Rice, Inc. – Riviana…
Farmland Values Dip Amid Lower Crop Prices
Farmland values have dropped for only the second time since the 1980s farm crisis prompted a wave of foreclosures. The Department of Agriculture last week issued a report that shows…
The People’s Department: A New Era for Civil Rights at USDA
…USDA customers. In addition, to address long-standing allegations of discrimination, we settled thousands more claims as part of large-scale class-action lawsuits in the district courts with Native American and African-American…
Safety Net Assistance for Milk Producers
…has worked 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,…
Specialty Crop Research Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced 19 grants totaling $36.5 million for research and extension to support American farmers growing fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture…