…users of cotton. But they had built huge reserves over the last few years. Plus the fact that their own crop had been better than average. Well this year’s crop…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…importance of scientific discovery by strengthening our institutions, building our capacity and leveraging the strengths of our outside partners to do the same. From the farm to the lab to…
CDFA Dairy Digester Research and Development Program
…and Agriculture (CDFA) was appropriated $50 million dollars from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, authorized by the Budget Act of 2016, to provide financial assistance for early and extra methane…
Cuba Rejected Tractor Manufacturer Proposal
…by Cleber, LLC, a manufacturer based in Paint Rock, Alabama. The company was planning to build a $5 million facility in a Special Economic Zone west of Havana that Cuba…
Trade Officials Prepare to Push TPP following Elections
Officials from the Obama administration and other Trans-Pacific Partnership countries are ramping up their efforts to build support for ratifying the 12-country pact. But the International Center for Trade says…
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…operation of nearly 2,200 offices across the country. It is a valued partnership that helps us better understand the needs of the farmers and ranchers we serve.” Dolcini Nearly 7,700…
TPP Headed for Ratification in Japan
…have doubts about the pact when it comes to things like food safety, intellectual property, and other points. The lower house is expected to pass TPP on Friday due to…
CCGGA Hosts Congressional Staff
…visit was to discuss implementation issues with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), in particular, the current applicability of the Preventive Controls Rule for Animal Food to a cotton gin….
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…new approaches, leveraging environmental markets and improving the ability to measure the impact of conservation actions on the landscape. For example, The Climate Trust has launched a Working Lands Carbon…
November Pumpkin Picking
…puree for baking and those used for decoration. What they call the pie pumpkins or the sugar pumpkins, there the small pumpkins. They cook better when you open them up…
NPPC Joins Groups Urging Court To Nix WOTUS
…in the size of government and allows activists to extort and micromanage all kinds of farming and business activities.” While it could be more than several months before the court…
NMPF Pres. Commemorates Centennial / Sets Path for Future
…always looking around those dark corners, holding others to their commitments as we’re held to ours, and fighting to protect your social license to operate while working to build trust….
American Lamb Board Appointments Announced
…research and promotion activities. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service provides oversight, paid for by industry assessments, which ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity for participating stakeholders. From: USDA American Lamb Board…
Government and Industry Groups Ask Court to Overturn EPA Water Rule
…The brief also explains how the rule violates the limits of the Clean Water Act and the Constitution. Petitioners show how the rule relies on vague definitions that allow agency…