…trade between the farmer and the first buyer of milk by enforcing timely payments from milk processors to milk producers and developing minimum milk prices based on market values with…
Perdue: Technology Will Be Needed
…in agriculture will be needed as producers now are maximizing their production and feeding the future population will be a challenge. Perdue: Technology Will Be Needed About the Author Taylor…
Activists Allowed to Expand Attack on Beef Checkoff
The announcement that R-CALF will be allowed to expand its activist-funded crusade against state beef councils is a disappointment to countless beef producers and NCBA members across America. The phony…
7th Agriculture Trade Mission to South Korea
South Korea is a huge market for American agriculture as it ranks the nation’s 6th export market. It also is a big market for California producers as its the state’s…
Results From Romaine E. coli Outbreak Investigation
…not in digital form, and some were even jotted-down notes. The FDA recommends producers assure that all agricultural water used is safe and adequate for its intended use, assess and…
Agri View: BFTP-Drink More Milk
In this Blast from the Past episode of Agri View with Everett Griner, Everett talks about what can be done to entice people to drink more milk in today’s Agri…
New Goat Milk Facility Breaks Ground at UC Davis
…approved facility will include a milking parlor, milk room, clean room, aged cheese room and a packing room. The new facility will allow students, faculty and other industry stakeholders to…
Almond Update: NOW Sanitation Reminder with the “Mummy Shake”
Halloween means costumes and candy but it also coincides with the completion of almond harvest. Navel orangeworm can be the scariest of all to producers and the Almond Board of…
Secretary Perdue Regarding EPA Decision on Dicamba
…of a very thorough scientific review, in conjunction with stakeholders, involving site visits and careful consideration of facts. Producers who use this weed control method should review the label, understand…
USDA Planning Trade Aid Round Two Distribution
…and dairy farmers will receive 12 centers per hundredweight. Meanwhile, wheat producers will get 14 cents per bushel, sorghum growers 86 cents per bushel and cotton producers six cents per…
Perdue Talks Possible Trade Aid Adjustments
USDA is considering the possibility of adjusting direct payments to producers who’ve been hurt by the trade war. The adjustments may include factoring in hurricane damage after southeast U.S. producers…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted increased milk production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for October. Milk production forecasts for 2018 and 2019 have been…
Grassley: No Trade Aid for Smithfield Foods
…aid assistance. The Post says the idea of a bailout program helping out Smithfield has angered small hog producers across the country. The Post report says the situation shows how…
Federal Reserve: NAFTA 2.0 Won’t Help Dairy Industry
…still needs congressional approval, Canada agreed to drop restrictions, allowing U.S. producers to supply up to 3.6 percent of Canada’s dairy market. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….