…are burning in multiple counties throughout Northern California around the clock. The National Weather Service is forecasting gusty winds and low humidity over the next couple of days, making firefighting…
Perdue on President Trump’s Tax Reform Agenda
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue expressed strong support for the tax reform agenda championed by President Donald J. Trump, hailing it as a great benefit to American agricultural producers….
Almond Board: CAPCA Meeting
…Today we call ourselves an agricultural promotion group to help people better understand various types of marketing orders. Agricultural promotion groups work in different ways, but essentially they are founded…
Perdue Traveling to Europe
…observance Monday. The trip will wrap up in Spain early next week, where Perdue will meet with his counterpart in Madrid. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Suspends CRP Enrollment
…Farm Bill. Current enrollment is about 23.5 million acres nationwide. The suspension will continue until later in the 2018 fiscal year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Report Recommends Changes for NASS Data Collection
…three years ago to audit how USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service collects data. The report highlighted that NASS could make several changes over time to improve the accuracy of its…
Britain Could Join NAFTA If Brexit Deal Fails
…items in the U.K. originated from North America, and 54 percent of food consumed in the U.K., originated in the U.K. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trump Calls Trudeau a Friend During NAFTA Talks
…the importance” of the agreement to the three member countries. Trudeau also met with the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
NIFA Invests in Research to Help Boost Organic Farming, Ranching
…mid-size organic producers. Grants totaling $16.49 million were made through the OREI program as follows: Agricultural Research Service, Booneville, Arkansas, $1,998,748 Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, California, $41,759 The…
California Wildfires Impacting Wine Industry
…estimates that the industry generates more than $55 billion in economic activity in California, and twice as much nationally, each year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
More Than 1,000 Stations Offering E15 in the U.S.
…of those are in major metropolitan areas including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Video from-American Ethanol: Driving Performance…
Censky, McKinney, Sworn in at USDA
…of Agriculture named its deputy director as interim director last week, following the Senate confirmation of McKinney to the USDA post. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Wildfires Continue to Sweep Through Northern California
…Services as a precautionary measure. The fire has taken the lives of many wildlife living in that region and broiled the land in its entirety. The fires burning in Napa,…
Mexico, Canada, Could Seek Dairy Access to U.S.
…around the world, refine it, and have it count as Canadian when exported to the U.S. so it can enter duty-free. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….