…Cup Sugar 2 Cup Milk 2 Eggs ½ C Melted Butter 1 G of Salt ½ Cup Mashed Potatoes 4 Broccoli Florets diced small 2 T Vegetable Oil To get…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…reduce harmful emissions and our reliance on foreign oil imports. As important, returning to the statutory levels intended by congress will provide the necessary certainty producers need to move forward…
Beef Association Names New Leader
…industry. I have spent my career working with and for beef producers, so I am well versed in the many challenges and exciting opportunities that face our industry. I’m looking…
Food and Ag Groups Express Optimism for New Opportunities in Cuba
…of expanding the Cuban marketplace for U.S. soy. The important thing to remember about checkoff funds is that they’re farmer dollars–they belong to producers to do with as best they…
Parmesan Cheese Taste
…result. In particular, Parmesan must be made of cow’s milk, cured for 10 months or more, contain no more than 32% water, and have no less than 32% milkfat in…
Historic Agreements for U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors
…agriculture in the United States and Cuba, USDA is advancing a new partnership for the 21st century between our two countries,” said Vilsack. “U.S. producers are eager to help meet…
Carbon Offset Could Make OM Incorporation Feasible
…agricultural waste for growers, and a little boost to a producer’s income. When growers remove an orchard, for example, these facilities would pay the producer for the organic matter. Funding…
Milk Pricing Complexity Leads Dairy Conference
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Milk pricing lead the topics at a recent California dairy conference and experts said that nobody really knows what the future holds. Milk Price Complexity Cornelius…
Farmers Reminded to Respond to the 2015 Certified Organic Survey
…In early February, survey questionnaires were mailed nationwide to all known organic farms. Later this month, NASS will begin conducting telephone follow up with producers who have not yet responded….
Maple Syrup and Brain Health
…bioactive compounds, some of which have anti-inflammatory properties,” said Serge Beaulieu, the president of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, in a statement. “Brain health is the latest topic…
Agri View: Bee Gone
…hurt by the long harsh winters in the last couple years. Florida as the third largest honey producer and especially California always among the top producers have been hit especially…
Filing USDA Agency Appeal an Easy Process
…Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the three rural development agencies. Director Steve Silverman says it’s important for producers to know that their division is impartial to the situation. Silverman says…
Growing Organics? FSA Can Help
…We recently announced that we’ll be providing financial assistance to organic producers to establish up to 20,000 acres of conservation buffer zones, which are protective natural borders along fields that…
Thank a Farmer Today
…tons of animal feed in 2015, valued at more than $31 billion. That’s the very definition of value-added agriculture. Meantime, U.S. ethanol producers exported approximately 12.6 million tons of distillers…