…and ranchers and strengthen the rural communities they call home. Her background in rural issues in Indiana and her background in agricultural policy make her an ideal candidate to lead…
National Weed Your Garden Day
…Land of Ours. National Weed Your Garden Day is observed annually on June 13. This is a day set aside for all gardeners to take an extra…
NPPC, Ports Coalition, Applaud Early West Coast Port Contract Talks
…work slowdown in 2014-2015 affected 29 West Coast and cost the U.S. meat industry millions of dollars in lost export sales. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
National Farmers Union Submits NAFTA Comments to USTR
The National Farmers Union is urging the Donald Trump administration to craft a new, fair trade framework for international trade deals that benefits rural America through the renegotiation of the…
Organic Industry to Create Anti-fraud Task Force
…that importers report to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program when they reject shipments and why according to Politico. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmland Values Expected to Decline
Experts expect farmland values to decline as agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes. Agricultural real estate business Farmers National Company says agricultural land values in most…
Dairy Groups Pledge to Work with Trump Administration on NAFTA Modernization
…and confronts increasingly protectionist dairy policies by Canada. In joint comments sent to the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
The National Pork Producers Council in comments submitted again urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw a regulation related to the buying and selling of livestock. It also delivered…
Pig Pens: A Look at Mirrors and Mats
by USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS scientists found that pigs preferred to be in pens with mirrors and rubber mats. (Photo by Shelly Deboer.) What a pig sees when it…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and…
A National Day for the Flower of Love and Romance
…symbol of love and romance. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Each year on June 12, people in the United States observe National Red Rose…
Brazil State-controlled Bank Cuts Credit Lines to JBS SA
…politicians. JBS signed a leniency deal to pay the equivalent of $3.15 billion in fines to settle the charges over corruption. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Secretary Perdue to Testify Before Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee
…proposes to cut $193 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next decade and makes cuts to farm subsidies. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Pace of Young, Beginning and Small Farmer Loans Slowing
…totaling $79.2 billion. The total outstanding farm loan numbers at year-end was just more than one million, amounting to $252.3 billion. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….