…in Australia and are named after physician and chemist John Macadam who encouraged the cultivation of the nuts in Australia. Macadamia nuts are grown on trees resembling large evergreens. They…
Wildfire Inadvertently Provides New Research Opportunities
…at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center John Bailey. “We’re in this great place where there’s a really solid picture of what there was before and then now we’re…
Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge Offers Startup Funds for Entrepreneurs
…the competition timeline and profiles of past Challenge winners are available at http://fb.org/aginnovationchallenge. Startup funds for the 2019 Ag Innovation Challenge are provided by sponsors Farm Credit, John Deere and…
Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill
…and border wall measures, according to the Hagstrom Report. Of the provisions in the ag appropriations bill, Republican Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota points out the bill continues funding…
Senate Names Farm Bill Conference Committee Members
…the committee, along with Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, and fellow Republicans John Boozman of Arkansas, John Hoeven of North Dakota and Joni Ernst of Iowa. Meanwhile, Minority Leader Chuck…
Senate Stalls on Farm Bill Conference
…last-minute deals and jostling by Senators who want to get a seat on the conference committee. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he and South Dakota Senator John Thune, who represent…
Groups Comment on Farmer Aid Package
…the crosshairs of global trade retaliation. The following statement may be attributed to NPPC President Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio. “President Trump has said he has the…
AFBF Foundation: Apply for John Deere Teacher Resource Kits by Aug. 15
…Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. John Deere is sponsoring the distribution of 300 kits, each containing one copy of the Foundation’s 2018 Book of the Year, “John Deere, That’s Who!,”…
House Moves to Send Farm Bill to Conference Committee
…(NC) 2. Rick Allen (GA-12) House Energy and Commerce Committee Conferees: 1. John Shimkus (IL-15) 2. Kevin Cramer (ND-AL) House Financial Services Committee Conferees: 1. Chairman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) 2….
Senate Passes Farm Bill, Next Stop: Conference
…little fanfare in major changes, compared to the current bill that expires later this year. The bill includes Senator John Thune’s amendment to allow partial haying and grazing on Conservation…
NPPC Wants Regulations Reined In Further
…“Regulations add to the cost of doing business, and right now, pork producers don’t need more costs,” said NPPC Past President John Weber, an Iowa pork producer. “Because of trade…
Trade War Costly for U.S. Farmers
…billion on the 2018 soybean crop. The American Soybean Association Tuesday linked the drop to the trade war, as President John Heisdorffer stated: “Soybean prices are declining as a direct…
Bill Sets Up Group To Study Trucking Regulations
The National Pork Producers Council hailed introduction by Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., of legislation to revise existing trucking regulations to make them more flexible for drivers…
FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill
…vote on its measure, which also includes FMD language, June 22. “This is encouraging news for the livestock industry,” said NPPC President Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio,…