WASHINGTON (USDA-Oct. 3, 2019) — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has invested $11 million in…
Almond Update: Sanitation a Must as Harvest Wraps Up
California is on the home stretch of the 2019 almond harvest with later varieties like Fritz and Monterey now coming off the trees. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology Farm Advisor David…
Italy’s Valagro Breaks-Ground on its First U.S. Manufacturing Facility
…U.S.A., who is excited to get construction going on the new plant. Listen to his full comments: David Beaudreau Cooper also caught up with David Beaudreau from the Biostimulant Coalition….
Almond Update: Mummy Shake Contest A Creative Sanitation Reminder
…lyrics to contain sanitation information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGsoV5ceFeo&feature=youtu.be U.C. Cooperative Extension Advisor David Haviland and his family won the contest last year with their video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUd2vJ8NNI Find all of the contest details,…
NPPC Welcomes New Swine Inspection System
…new inspection system that incentivizes investment in new technologies while ensuring a safe supply of wholesome American pork,” said National Pork Producers Council President David Herring, a producer from Lillington,…
NPPC Statement on China Market Access
…Producers Council (NPPC) President David Herring, a pork producer from Lillington, N.C.: “If media reports are accurate, this is a most welcome development. The Chinese have placed punitive tariffs of…
Industry Responds to EPA WOTUS Announcement
…moving towards a common sense WOTUS rule that works with—not against—farmers to protect our nation’s waterways,” said NPPC President David Herring, a pork producer from Lillington, N.C. “The previous WOTUS…
Pork Industry Receives USDA Grant to Open ASF Dialogue in Asia
…regions,” said NPPC President David Herring, a pork producer in Lillington, N.C. Under the first phase of the project, the groups will identify and meet with key stakeholders in Vietnam….
An ARS Focus on the Northern Plains: Finding New Ways to Beef Up Our Cattle
The nutritional quality of forage grasses in the Northern Plains is being altered by rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere. Photo courtesy of David Augustine. (USDA/ARS) — Carbon…
Ag Groups Celebrate Trade Agreement with Japan
…Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. David Herring President, NPPC “We thank the Trump administration for negotiating a trade agreement with Japan, a market that represented…
Industry Sees What Damage Stink Bug Can Do
Newly hatched nymphs of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys. Photo by David R. Lance (UC ANR) — Last May, a Turlock almond grower noticed nearly all the nuts…
Assistance Payments May Be More Evenly Distributed This Go Around
…the purpose of assisting farmers impacted by the Chinese tariffs. A total of $14.5 billion will be dispensed in the form of direct payments. University of Illinois agricultural economist, Scott…
Industry Reaction to Trade Aid Announcement
…insecure. National Pork Producers Council President David Herring, a producer from Lillington, N.C., issued the following statement: “U.S. pork producers are highly dependent on export markets, shipping more than 25…
Pork Industry Battling Challenges From Trade to Labor Shortage
…ultimately consumers, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President David Herring, a pork producer from Lillington, N.C., testified before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. “One of the…