All employers would be required to use the E-Verify system to check the immigration status of employees. Milk Business Dot Com says the requirement is part of some revisions to…
Kansas Cattle Traceability Project Moving Forward
…as the recruitment of cow-calf producers. Approximately 55,000 Kansas-based calves will be tagged for the pilot program that will conclude in 2020. During the project, CattleTrace will collect the minimal…
Agri View: Overhauling Livestock Hauling
…big truck. The 10 hour delay can prove costly to the driver, his company, and the producers. But, it is as law, and that is that. That may change soon….
Roberts, Stabenow Announce Ag Trade Hearing
…values for corn and soybean crops, and others, as part of the trade mitigation package producers may now apply to receive payment. The payments to farmers are based on 2018…
Agri View: Artificial Milk Catching On
…Catching On I scanned the milk cartons in a local supermarket. I found four kinds of milk. Mostly there was common dairy milk from cows. Also there was Almond Milk,…
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue launched the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. Producers of certain commodities…
ASTA Outlines Priorities for Final Farm Bill
…Agency regarding cover crop usage alongside cash crops, so farmers and producers no longer run the risk of losing their crop insurance because they used cover crops as an approved…
Canada Ready to Make Concession on Dairy Trade
…key NAFTA dispute-settlement system, preserve safeguards for cultural industries and avert tougher pharmaceutical patent protections. Canada’s dairy, egg and poultry sectors operate under supply management that protects Canadian producers from…
R-CALF Looking for COOL in NAFTA
…for current and aspiring U.S. cattle producers to expand or start their herd. R-CALF continues to argue that because beef from these imported cattle can be sold as a “Product…
Dairy Farms Turning to GoFundMe to Stay in Business
…milk prices. The fourth-generation farm dates back to 1873. However, with the dairy market muddled in oversupply and impacting prices, the farm was set to go out of business, unless…
Producers Welcome Help But Want End To Trade Disputes
The National Pork Producers Council commended the Trump administration for providing assistance to America’s farmers suffering from the ongoing trade disputes with China, Mexico and other nations. The U.S. Department…
Food Safety Professionals Ensure that “What’s in Your Meat” is Safe and Wholesome
…on Consumer Reports for attempting to advance a rhetoric that lacks scientific support or data, at the expense of American producers and the 9,000 food safety professionals who ensure the…
USDA Announces Trade Relief Details
…Facilitation Program (MFP), administered by (FSA). The program will provide payments to producers of corn, cotton, dairy, pork, sorghum, soybean, and wheat. Farmers can begin to apply for the MFP…
Agriculture Welcomes USDA Help, Urges End to Trade Disputes
…Producers Council President Jim Heimerl stated that the U.S. pork sector was “grateful” for the relief package, “what pork producers really want is to export more pork, and that means…