…critical funds needed to plant this year’s crops absent some form of federal relief. “Farms across the country endured an incredibly difficult year in 2018 and the trend continues in…
2018 Had the Lowest Wine Export Value in Six Years
…for wine tariff elimination in key markets including China and Japan,” Wine Institute Vice President of Federal and International Public Policy, Charles Jefferson said in a news release. “Wine Institute…
US Wins Another Dispute Over Chinese Trade Practices
…opportunities for U.S. grains and other agricultural products.” The panel found that China’s TRQ administration was not transparent, predictable, or fair, and ultimately inhibits TRQs from filling. China’s grain TRQs…
State Trade Expansion Program Deadline Approaches
California officials are currently accepting proposals for the California State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). The program is a federally funded grant opportunity that is made possible through the U.S. Small…
Investment in Sterile Navel Orangeworm Project Keeps Rearing Facility Open
…in Arizona was in need of industry support after the amount of federal funding it was receiving declined based on what it was able to help accomplish. “The size of…
Conservation Stewardship Program Applications Due by May 10
…“In previous farm bills we had an $18-dollar-per-acre cap associated with the overall program administration and a total acreage of about 7.9 million acres. Now this gives us as an…
USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…I – Commodity Programs Dairy Forward Pricing Program: On March 1, 2019, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a final rule reauthorizing the Dairy Forward Pricing Program in the Federal Register….
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…those who responded did so online. Conducted since 1997 by USDA NASS – the federal statistical agency responsible for producing official data about U.S. agriculture – it remains the only…
Almond Update: Industry Standards Led to Produce Safety Rule Discretion
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced an enforcement discretion policy for certain crops under the requirements of the Produce Safety Rule portion of the Food Safety Modernization Act…
Second Largest Final Grape Crush Report in Nearly A Decade
…be rescheduled because of the lapse in federal funding caused by the government shutdown. NASS was unable to collect any information during the lapse. The April 10 report, available through…
Upgrading California’s Water Grid for Future Needs
…is really key, stream gauges are key. These are all federal roles,” Hanak noted. “The third is, bring groundwater more into the family of what the federal government cares about…
USDA Census of Agriculture One Week Away
…five years as it still is today, mailed to every known farm and ranch in the United States. NASS is the federal statistical agency responsible for producing official data about…
USDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
…It’s my goal to make USDA the most effective, most efficient, most customer-focused department in the entire federal government, and farmers.gov is a big step in that direction.” In 2018, Secretary Perdue…
AFBF Concerned about Labor, Trade if Border Closed
The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging the administration to make sure that any steps undertaken to tighten enforcement at the U.S. border do not create more uncertainty for agricultural…