…American agriculture. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine program and the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) use detector dog teams,…
Farm Bill a Topic on the Campaign Trail
…want to get ahead of Congress on the issue, which means it’s uncertain as to when his agency will release the rule. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
China Has Culled 200,000 Pigs Due to Swine Fever Outbreak
…pigs on each of the farms hit by outbreaks, as well as all the animals on other farms within a three-mile range of each outbreak. Most of the swine fever…
U.S. Suspends Pork Imports from Poland
…detected anywhere in North America. The disease is highly-contagious among domestic and feral pigs, but it poses no danger to human health. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm City Newsday Monday, 10-22-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal….
Online Grocery Sales to Quadruple
…Walmart’s large number of rural stores is expected to give it a competitive advantage in online shopping over the next five years. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: BFTP-The Farm Family Dog
…of everyone. Everett talks about the farm family dog. BFTP-The Farm Family Dog There is at least on trophy or framed certificate in most farm homes awarded for outstanding accomplishments….
Presidential Order Restores Western Water Supplies
…farmers who provide California-grown food and farm products and everyone who depends on those products.” Source: California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, Family Farm Alliance, California Farm Water Coalition…
USMCA a Framework for Future Trade Deals
…threatened, tariffs, depending on how the negotiations were moving. The U.S. and the EU first agreed to explore an agreement this summer. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Conaway Determined to Complete Farm Bill
…four of us to get this farm bill done,” referring to the four leaders of the farm bill conference committee. Conaway says farm bill negotiators are still working through issues…
Study: E15 to Provide Limited Ethanol Market Impact
…start demanding more of the biofuel. However, due to the uncertainty regarding challenges to the measure, expansions in the short-term are unlikely. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm City Newsday Friday, 10-19-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal….
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
…services annually, provides hundreds of thousands of jobs across many sectors, and supplies nearly one-third of the raw cotton that is traded globally. Source: USDA/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…
NBB to EPA: Small Refinery Exemptions Destroy Demand for Biodiesel
…However, the agency’s data dashboard now makes it easy to calculate the biodiesel demand lost to these exemptions, the letter points out. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….