…85 percent of its food, and its food imports are expected to rise drastically. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center…
CropLife America CEO to Retire
…America represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators, and distributors of plant science solutions for agriculture and pest management in the United States. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm Policy Facts Study Addresses Heritage Foundation Suggestions
…cotton farmers when all costs are considered, profit less than 30 percent of the time. The study is available at www.farmpolicyfacts.org. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Higher Supplies Keeping Consumer Meat Prices Lower
…production, many broilers have low weights, which along with larger birds demanding higher prices, has contributed to higher retail poultry prices. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Environmental Working Group Keeps Eye on Farm Bill Development
…provisions of the Farm Bill represent a big opportunity to help farmers deal with the more serious issues they’re going to face regarding quality of life Opportunity The EW G…
Countdown to Census: What You Need To Know
…will see a new question about military veteran status, expanded questions about food marketing practices, and questions about on-farm decision-making to better capture the roles and contributions of beginning farmers,…
Heat-Tolerant Broccoli for the Future
…Service (ARS) scientists are looking to change that by developing new varieties that grow in warm temperatures. ARS plant geneticist Mark Farnham and his team in Charleston, South Carolina, have…
NMPF Supports Effort to Bring Clarity to EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Regulation
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today that the dairy industry supports a two-step process to roll back the existing Waters of the…
Bacon and Chicken Up, OJ Too
Higher retail prices for several foods, including bacon, chicken breast, orange juice, sliced deli ham and flour resulted in a slight increase in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Fall Harvest…
Farm City Newsday, Tuesday 9-26-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
Weird and Wackiest Odd Jobs for Dogs
Cathy Isom continues her series on dogs by tells us some of the wackiest odd jobs for dogs on the farm. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Weird…
GOP’s Evolving Tax Plan May See Changes
…Farm Bureau tax adviser Pat Wolff has urged that any plan to cut the corporate tax rate include farmers and ranchers. Taxes Republicans, meantime, may be planning to allow “full…
Census of Agriculture to Start Soon
…farmers, women farmers and others involved in running the business. More information and the web forms are available, at www.agcensus.usda.gov. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. USDA…
FMD Language Included in Defense Authorization Act
…reconciled before Congress can consider a final version. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Images courtesy of USDA and Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine….