…Congress when it established AFRI in the 2008 Farm Bill. Since 2009, NIFA has invested in and advanced innovative and transformative initiatives to solve societal challenges and ensure the long-term…
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
…Partnership, a trade agreement that will help expand U.S. agricultural exports to some of the fastest growing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and will now work with Congress to secure…
Two Sides of TPP
…only does ag need TPP, but the industry needs it very soon. California Congressman and dairy farmer David Valadao agrees. Hear his comments in the audio report above. More on…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…The President’s 2017 budget requests to fully fund AFRI for $700 million; this amount is the full funding level authorized by Congress when it established AFRI in the 2008 Farm…
Bison Our National Mammal
American Icon: Congress Passes Bill to Make Bison Our National Mammal The Vote Bison Coalition is proud to celebrate the House and Senate passage of the National Bison Legacy Act,…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
Members of Congress Urge Obama Administration to Ensure Trans-Pacific Partnership Benefits are Not Undermined Key members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a strong statement affirming the need for…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…Agricultural Research Service. The organization also wants Congress to appropriate at least $5 million for APHIS to set up an offshore FMD vaccine bank and is requesting that APHIS contract…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…the basin, and included water certainty for basin farmers. After the U.S. Congress failed to pass legislation by the end of last year to move the earlier agreements forward, irrigators…
Farms Face Increased Financial Pressure, FB President Tells Ag Subcommittee
Farmers are feeling the pain of the continued slump in commodity prices, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall told Congress today. Lower prices will affect income for all farmers…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal Prohibiting Promotion of Milk & Milk Products to Young Children The National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association urged…
Dairy Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP
The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association asked members of Congress in a letter today to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement…
Support Urged for TPP
…urging congressional lawmakers to back the deal. The TPP, negotiations on which concluded last October, is a regional trade deal that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile,…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…free-range chicken products into eastern Colorado and western Kansas markets. Congress increased funding for the Value-Added program in the 2014 Farm Bill. That law builds on historic economic gains in…
National Beer Day
…old Anglo-Saxon word baere, meaning barley. Beer and George Washington He fought the British for independence and Congress for beer. One of George Washington’s first acts as Commander of the…