…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from the Department of Agriculture to the new so-called welfare department. The plan would also reorganize USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the food safety…
US Fostering Trade Relationship with Japan Amidst Other Ongoing Trade Disputes
…contacts and hopefully garner additional customers for U.S. agricultural products in Japan’s two largest cities, Tokyo and Osaka. “Japan is already a top market for U.S. farm and food products,…
Farm Leader: Congress Must Now Focus on Agricultural Immigration Reform
…inadequacies in agricultural immigration programs that have contributed to chronic employee shortages on farms and ranches. “Congress must move forward to forge a solution that would work well for farmers,…
Erin Fitzgerald Hired to Lead U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance as New CEO
…Dairy®, she enhanced dairy’s contributions to a more sustainable food system by advancing the intersection of nutrition, health, hunger, food waste and impact. In her role, she conducted an environmental…
Groups Respond to House Passage of 2018 Farm Bill
…wreak on farmers and the U.S. economy.” The House bill also includes funding for the NPPC-supported Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program, both of which help support…
House Passes 2018 Farm Bill
…challenges facing the nation’s farmers and ranchers, while making significant investments in opportunities for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. Upon passage, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11)issued…
USDA Supports Local Foods in Schools through Farm to School Grants
…Food Program, the Summer Food Service Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which together comprise America’s nutrition safety net….
American Farm Bureau Board Votes Unanimously to Support Goodlatte AG Act Provisions
…agricultural guest worker program and they go a long way toward fixing the biggest problem we face in agriculture – a shortage of agricultural labor that limits our ability to…
Enrollment for Safety Net Coverage Ends August 1
…August 1, 2018. Producers on a farm that is not enrolled for the 2018 crop year will not be eligible for financial assistance from the ARC or PLC programs should…
Grant Awarded for Studying Livestock Antimicrobials Impact
…the first in the nation to ban antibiotics for routine disease prevention in food animal production. The grant, according to the University, will enable an investigation to find clear links…
USDA Issues Warning of Newcastle Virus to Commercial Poultry
…the agency says the virus is not a food safety concern, and no human cases have ever occurred. The virus has not been found in commercial poultry in the United…
Agri View: Growing Family Farms
…the size or how many acres. The objective is the same. Produce more food. More food includes meat as well as vegetables. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Perdue Announces New Budget Director at USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the selection of Erica Navarro to serve as Director of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA) for the U.S. Department of…
Sales of Organic Poultry Hits New Record in 2017
…$50 billion in sales for the first time. Organic products also increased their share of the total food market and now comprise nearly six percent of all food items being…