…livestock. Now I ask you. Is this fair? People who have never been on a farm, telling those who have spent their lives on a farm, how to operate. That…
David Lewis to receive Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
…Eric Bradford, a livestock geneticist who gave 50 years of service to UC Davis, and the late Charlie Rominger, a fifth-generation Yolo County farmer and land preservationist. “David epitomizes the…
California Farm Groups Opposing State Gas Tax Proposal
…Senate bill seeks the increases to pay for road repairs. However, a coalition of agriculture groups, including the Western Growers Association and several state commodity and livestock groups, say the…
House Agriculture Committee Leadership Calls for Swift Confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue
…influenza was discovered in a commercial poultry flock along the Mississippi Flyway. In the southern high plains, wildfires have burned more than two million acres, killed thousands of livestock, and…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
…issue. Respectfully, Agricultural Retailers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Sheep Industry Association American Soybean Association American Sugarbeet Growers Association Livestock Marketing Association National Association of State Departments of Agriculture…
APHIS Announces Public Meetings on Animal Disease Traceability
…regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate. The original ADT framework was designed to be flexible to allow States and tribes to meet the animal identification requirements…
Funding to Relieve Veterinary Shortages
…health, and producer profitability, especially in rural areas of the country where most livestock production occurs,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “VSGP supports education and extension activities that will help…
Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog
…the ability of farmers to use the MPP properly. Expanding the use of the Livestock Gross Margin Program with the MPP. Under current law, dairy farmers must choose either the…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…returns to alfalfa producers as well as end-users, including milk producers. develop methods to estimate alfalfa forage yield and quality, which would support marketing alfalfa forage as a livestock feed,…
Judge Approves Settlement to Protect Farmers’ Privacy
…federal judge approved a settlement that secures the private information of thousands of livestock and poultry farmers in 36 states. “This lawsuit has won a major victory for personal privacy,”…
Study Shows Capacity Funding is a Valued Investments to States
…most prevalent types of capacity grants include agronomy, animal science and livestock, basic life science, and forests and forestry. Capacity grants spur innovation. Agricultural advances are based on science, and…
President Signs Resolution to Repeal BLM Planning 2.0
…bring together a streamlined planning process that works for livestock ranchers and the western communities that depend on the use of BLM lands.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter
…at 11.2 million pounds, was down 11 percent from February 2016. Sheep slaughter totaled 159,400 head, 9 percent below last year. Read the full Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter Report. (.pdf)…
NPPC Asks USDA to Abandon GIPSA Rules
…Obama administration by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). “GIPSA’s one-size-fits-all approach would restrict livestock transactions, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of…