Bipartisan Coalition of 100 Lawmakers Urge Secretary of Agriculture to Take Action on Cottonseed Suffering under combined pressures of natural disasters and predatory foreign competition by China, India, and others,…
GAO says EPA Violated Federal Law to Subvert Public Opinion
…basis for their jurisdictional determinations, the courts have twice found rationale to halt implementation of the rule, and both Chambers of Congress have taken action to withdraw the rule,” said…
Commodity Classic, Successful Farming Team Up to Offer New AG CONNECT Main Stage at 2016 Event
…ROI, planting and innovative farm shops. “Commodity Classic is clearly the gathering place for the entire US Agriculture industry,” said David Kurns, Editorial Content Director for Meredith Agrimedia. “We…
Agri View: War on Feral Hogs!
…landscaping and natural areas due to feeding, rooting, wallowing, grazing, and trampling activities. Feral swine are reservoirs of many diseases and act as a host to parasites that can negatively…
Farm Bureau Re-Elects President, Elects New Vice President
…first vice president in 2005 and president in 2009. Wenger grows walnuts and almonds. “I’m proud of the fact that Farm Bureau today is a respected agricultural organization because of…
Push for Local Food in Schools
…taxpayer dollars on imported Chinese canned fruit. “Our organizations are deeply concerned that the Buy America Act requirements of the National School Lunch Act are not being adequately monitored and…
COOL Update: NFU on Voluntary Labeling
…on the WTO’s tariff decision: The World Trade Organization has set the retaliation amount Canada and Mexico can place on American products in retaliation for the U.S. Country of Origin…
U.S. Cotton Sector Facing Difficult Economic Conditions
…is “actively engaged” in a farming operation and eligible to participate in farm programs. He urged the subcommittee “to work closely with USDA to ensure any changes to ‘actively engaged’…
Farming Simulator
…of the most famous manufacturers. In multiplayer mode, invite up to 15 friends to help you develop your farm. Thanks to an active and passionate community, you can benefit from…
Boundary Lines Complicate Groundwater Management
…in groundwater basins. California Groundwater Website For the first time in California history, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) empowers local agencies to adopt groundwater management plans that are tailored…
New Pig Breed Resistant to Deadly Disease
…industry hundreds of millions of dollars from this incurable disease. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs that contract the disease…
Pistachio Production Lowest Since 2008
…American Pistachio Growers Executive Director Richard Matoian says the blanking issue hit the pistachio industry this year hard. He says it was an alternate bearing year anyways for the industry…
Avocado: Healthy Fats
A survey by the Hass Avocado Board reveals that 25-percent of American consumers’ do not understand the difference between good and bad dietary fats. The same percentage of respondents admitted…
Agri View: Tree Phenomenon
Trees. Not many people see trees as an American crop. America grows more trees than any other country. America supplies more wood for building than anywhere else. We plant two…