…with suggestions on how to increase access and consumption of fruits and vegetables. One strategy includes expanding farm-to-institution programs in schools, childcare facilities, hospitals and workplaces. The CDC also advocates…
Farm City Newsday, Tuesday, 12-12-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
Celebrating National Poinsettia Day
…It wasn’t until the early 1920’s when Paul Ecke, a second-generation farmer in California, discovered a grafting technique which caused the seedlings to branch, that the poinsettia started to take…
EU to Lists Objections to Bayer-Monsanto Deal
…Monsanto to make sure farmers still have choice and “affordable prices, both when it comes to seeds and pesticides.” A precise list of objections, however, should allow Bayer and Monsanto…
Wool Exports Increase 24 Percent
…Market Indicator. In U.S. dollars, this represented a 30.7-percent increase year-on-year as of early November, and prices have continued to increase. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Ends Prevented Planting +10 Percent Option
…field offices, USDA eliminated the Prevented Planting +10 Percent Option for the 2018 crop year and future crop years. USDA kept the five percent option for farmers, though analysis shows…
Pilot Program Gives Canada Beef and Pork Exports Expanded Access to China
…70 percent of its product out of the country, and China is the second-biggest volume export market after the United States. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm Bill Coming Early Next Year
…fall. Conaway said in August that he expected the farm bill to be ready for a House vote in early 2018. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Corn Market May Need Disruption
…able to maintain our markets as trade agreements potentially fall away could be hard and have a bad impact on prices.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Family of Late California Farmer Accept Conservation Award
The 2017 Leopold Conservation Award was recently presented by the Sand County Foundation at the California Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting. This year’s recipient was Jeff Thomson, a fifth-generation farmer…
Farm City Newsday, Monday, 12-11-17
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Cargill Launches Fedbytrade Campaign
…to know how many hits agriculture has to take before Washington realizes that trade hostility is affecting farmers and rural livelihoods. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Mend, Don’t End NAFTA
…be in Washington next week. They’ll appear at the next formal round of talks, which will be next January in Montreal. National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern…
Antibiotic Use in Livestock Drops
…of 2017, farmers have to have veterinary oversight to give antibiotics to livestock animals. The drugs can no longer be sold for growth promotion. Tetracyclines made up 70 percent of…