Fake Meat Courtesy NCBA The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will highlight the food safety and product labeling expertise of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during a two-day public…
Celebrating National Nut Day
Everybody goes nuts over nuts. Cathy Isom is celebrating a nutritious snack that’s can eaten raw, cooked, or roasted. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating National Nut…
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
…homes of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). In August, Perdue announced that most ERS and NIFA personnel would be moving to…
EPA Chief Says E15 Expansion Doesn’t Need Congress
…by May. The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents oil refiners, says the industry will challenge the final proposal in court. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
When Hardy, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) trained detector dog, sniffed out a roasted pig head in traveler baggage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International airport early this month, it underscored…
Farm Bill a Topic on the Campaign Trail
…want to get ahead of Congress on the issue, which means it’s uncertain as to when his agency will release the rule. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
China Has Culled 200,000 Pigs Due to Swine Fever Outbreak
…have happened in northeast China. That’s an area which typically sends its hogs to slaughter in the south, closer to consumption centers. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. Suspends Pork Imports from Poland
…detected anywhere in North America. The disease is highly-contagious among domestic and feral pigs, but it poses no danger to human health. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Online Grocery Sales to Quadruple
…Walmart’s large number of rural stores is expected to give it a competitive advantage in online shopping over the next five years. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Presidential Order Restores Western Water Supplies
…Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The action prohibits any impacts to threatened or endangered species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. This issue has…
USMCA a Framework for Future Trade Deals
…threatened, tariffs, depending on how the negotiations were moving. The U.S. and the EU first agreed to explore an agreement this summer. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Conaway Determined to Complete Farm Bill
…has said he does not want to carry the farm bill into 2019 even if the House flips in the midterm elections. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Study: E15 to Provide Limited Ethanol Market Impact
…start demanding more of the biofuel. However, due to the uncertainty regarding challenges to the measure, expansions in the short-term are unlikely. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
…of pink bollworm took years of committed research by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and included planting transgenic cotton, using insect pheromones to disrupt mating, releasing sterile insects to prevent…