…as requests for federal financial assistance grow amid the worst agricultural downturn in more than a decade. USDA is seeking additional funding to “help bridge the gap in farm operating…
Seafood Monitoring Rule Heads to White House for Review
…Administration, the rule seeks to put new traceability requirements on imported seafood. Politico says the regulation is a key component of the Obama administration’s 2015 action plan to combat illegal…
EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate
…scheduled the meeting of a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act scientific advisory panel for October 18th through October 21st in Washington, D.C. The Federal Register notice mentions the conclusions…
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component
…to learn more. Administration of FARM Environmental Stewardship will be managed by Ryan Bennett, NMPF’s Senior Director for Industry and Environmental Affairs, with overall FARM Program oversight by Emily Meredith,…
Finalizing Pesticide Worker Safety Rule
…a Federal Register notice Monday, the agency announced it has sent the rule to the Department of Agriculture for review. The USDA review is required under federal pesticide law, before…
Virtual Representative for Small and Very Small Plants
…helping to get its sausage processing facility up and running in compliance with federal food safety regulations. USDA is committed to helping farmers, ranchers, and businesses access the growing market…
Farm Lending Needs Remain High
The Federal Reserve Bank reports the need for farm lending remained high in the second quarter of 2016, driven by ongoing demand for operating loans. The Federal Reserve’s Agricultural Finance…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…buying and selling of livestock and poultry – the so-called GIPSA Rule – from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. The platform calls the U.S….
Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier
…Obama Administration is announcing four final rules that implement important provisions of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) building on the progress schools across the country have already made in…
Agri View: Lost Land
Everett Griner talks about federal grazing land being neglected in today’s Agri View. Lost Land From: The New York Times Federal Policies Protect the Land by: Debra Donahue, a professor…
Agri View: Bad Weather
…one of the key factors affecting prospects for crop production and commodity prices. In 1978 the World Board and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration formed the Joint Agricultural Weather…
Western View: Kings Forest
…Democrats’ 2016 platform calls for continuing the federal control of public lands. Their platform seems to conforms with the environmental movement. It says federal control will protect natural and cultural…
Farm Labor Shortage Vexes Farmers
…to America’s tables has proved to be difficult if not impossible for farmers. That’s why many farmers rely heavily on a program called H-2A, through which the federal government grants…
Help for Central Valley Rice Producers
…today, tomorrow and forever. For more information, visit www.ducks.org. Since its inception in 1935, NRCS has worked in partnership with private landowners and a variety of local, state and federal…