…the price safety net for American sugar farmers. The collapse of domestic sugar producers would cause major disruptions in the supply chain for food manufacturers and American consumers. The economic…
Culver’s Launching Third Annual #FarmingFridays Project
…and is part of Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project, which returns this Friday, March 23. #FarmingFridays invites influencers from across the agricultural industry to share their stories on Culver’s Facebook,…
USDA Looking for More Funding Applications to Improve Broadband Access
…broadband service to all critical community facilities in their proposed service area for two years. For more information, go to www.rd.usda.gov. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Partisan Farm Bill a No-Go in the Senate
…included in the Senate’s version of the farm bill. Grassley says the staff is starting to draft a farm bill and Roberts said he’d like to start the process after…
Agri View: Elimination of Slaughterhouses
…and production houses. This would force production into bankruptcy. Question is, why would anybody, whether they eat meat or not, even suggest such a nonsensical idea? Well, put that on…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 03-20-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Happy National Ag Day! We hear from the California Women for Agriculture who will be speaking…
California Agriculture Day Celebration at the State Capitol
California Agriculture Day is an annual event to celebrate the state’s agricultural community by highlighting the hard work of farmers and the variety of commodities they produce. The day will…
Colombia Increases Ethanol Mandate to 10 Percent
…2018, encouraging the production of ethanol, which led to the mandated increase. Colombia has a growing domestic ethanol industry, producing sugar-based ethanol. Additionally, U.S. ethanol enters Colombia duty-free per the…
House Committee Seeking Reauthorization of Animal Drug Legislation
…a major disruption for the livestock production industry. Senate and House bipartisan draft reauthorization legislation includes a requirement that all requests for new animal drugs be submitted electronically beginning October…
EU, U.S., to Talk Tariff Exemption
…Wisconsin. The EU list is far from final, however, as a comment period is open to allow the EU to gather further target suggestions. From the National Association of Farm…
House Democrats Want to Review Farm Bill Draft
…bill in committee this month. As others have pointed out, the proposed farm bill seems similar to the current farm bill, which originally included changes to the nutrition title, but…
Agri View: Trade, Politics Impacting Farm Jobs
Everett Griner talks about how trade and politics directly impacting jobs on the farm, and farming in today’s Agri View. The uncertainty of the future of NAFTA has a lot…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 03-19-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. Argentina lemons will be in the United States shortly and more reaction about the injunction that…
Justice Department Not Satisfied With Bayer/Monsanto Proposals
…other major deals were approved. Those combinations were Dow Chemical and DuPont, as well as China National Chemical Corporation and Syngenta. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….