…health. Adherence to these dates will make your food taste better. Save you money, and reduce food waste. Well, now you know. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner…
President Signs Water Bill with Drought Provisions
…growing water demands and drought-based uncertainty. Title III, Subtitle J, also includes short term provisions governing operations of the federal and state water projects under the Endangered Species Act for…
NFU Board Calls on Congress to Assist Struggling Dairy Producers
…to act quickly to allow USDA to directly support our nation’s dairy farmers who are struggling to stay in business.” NFU Board of Director’s resolution follows repeated requests from both…
Fair Practices Rules Protect Contract Farmers
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition praises USDA for moving forward on rules to protect contract farmers Nearly 100 years after the passage of the Packers and Stockyards Act, a law intended…
Consumers More Educated, Still Worried About GMOs
…them to produce better and more resilient crops. Many consumers who are aware of the benefits still seem to have concerns, making GMOs still the fastest growing food additive concern….
Freedom Caucus Wants Nutrition Rules Overturned
…Items not on the list to overturn include the FDA’s near-ban of trans fat, policies intended to limit antibiotic use in agriculture, the Food Safety Modernization Act rules, and new…
Ag Groups React to Proposed GIPSA Rules
The National Turkey Federation is expressing concern over USDA’s final interim rule and two proposed regulations possibly upending contract relationships in place between turkey growers and processors. The USDA wants…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…increase grain yield. This project builds on prior international, multi-institutional NIFA investments that have had direct positive impacts on wheat breeding. This is the second year of investments in IWYP…
Wheat Growers Welcome Actions on China Trade
…wheat farmer from Outlook, Montana. “Both actions call attention to the fact that when all countries follow the rules, a pro-trade agenda and trade agreements work for U.S. wheat farmers…
Christmas Tree Farms Face Balancing Act
…said, adding that she thinks “we’re on our way to a better inventory.” Ching Lee is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at clee@cbf.com. Permission for…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Comments on Nomination of Ryan Zinke to Interior
…that can be ranched in direct conflict with the multiple-use mandate required by law. The Fish and Wildlife Service has continued to enforce an outmoded and failing Endangered Species Act,…
Foreign Trade Negotiator Says U.S. Will Restore TPP, Eventually
…U.S. cattle industry will build due to a 13 percent tariff differential in Australia’s favor in a billion-dollar market, being Japan. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
AFBF Duvall on USDA’s GIPSA Rule Proposals
…stop harmful business practices and protect chicken farmers. A one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work here, and that’s why we have also worked to preserve the contract arrangements and marketing practices that…
White House Issues ‘Midnight’ GIPSA Rule
…the “interim final” rule broadens the scope of the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) of 1921 related to the use of “unfair, unjustly discriminatory or deceptive practices” and “undue or…