…addition of broad-based groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union to a wide coalition of wheat organizations in the three countries. The signatories call for…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…will help to reduce virus shed in affected animals, prevent further spread of the disease, and enable continued movement of animals for production and processing. The international animal health governing…
Time to End Trade Talks with Japan?
Grassley Agriculture Senator Chuck Grassley is joining key farm groups in saying it may be time to move on without Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks. Sabrina Hill has…
Weekly Broiler Hatchery Report Released
…the United States Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 31, 2014, down 1…
Monthly Dairy Products Report
…below March 2014. American type cheese production totaled 377 million pounds, slightly above April 2013 but 0.7 percent below March 2014. Butter production was 158 million pounds, 4.9 percent below…
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…in abundance for the last couple of years,” said Chris Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation environmental attorney. “But, as painful as curtailment is for many family farmers, the state board…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…Secretary also announced that retiring farmers enrolled in CRP could receive incentives to transfer a portion of their land to beginning, disadvantaged or veteran farmers through the Transition Incentives Program…
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
…Environmental Protection Agency. The new category will spotlight the multiple benefits gained from farming and ranching, including innovative and sustainable approaches to water and energy conservation, food crop production efficiency,…
AFBF on Future of Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is a top priority for the American Farm Bureau. AFBF ag labor specialist Kristi Boswell says Farm Bureau has been working very hard to see reform move forward…
Daily National Broiler Market at-a-Glance
…Boneless skinless breast are at least adequate and increasingly available. Most dark meat items are sufficient. Market activity for parts is slow to moderate. In production areas, live supplies are…
2014 FSA County Committee Elections
…Marianne Morton, County Executive Director, at (530) 662-3986, marianne.morton@ca.usda.gov or for Farm Loans, please contact Ehab El Liessy, Farm Loan Manager, at (530) 671-0850 ehab.elliessy@ca.usda.gov. ¿Preguntas? Favor de llamar a…
Citrus Meeting to Focus on ACP Spread Prevention
…The meeting is scheduled for June 10 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Growers, pest control advisors, farm labor contractors and packinghouse representatives from San Bernardino and Riverside counties…
AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm…