…National Help a Horse Day. It was founded by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA. The objective: to spread awareness about at-risk horses who…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
…Monitoring System, along with the National Agricultural Statistics Service, is conducting a new data collection and reporting effort that will focus on antimicrobial use and stewardship practices on swine nursery…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…reflects expectations for the economy six months out, slipped to 45.6 from 47.5 in March indicating a continued pessimistic outlook among bankers. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Progress on Canada Dairy Issue
…which could encourage processors to make investments to accommodate more milk. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share this Post California Freight in Crisis: Wildwood Express on…
Trump Administration Imposing Tariff on Canada Lumber Products
…economic battle among neighboring countries that normally have one of the friendliest international relationships in the world. It follows a fight over a new Canadian milk policy that U.S. producers…
Perdue Off to Work as USDA Secretary
…the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue gives his first remarks to USDA staff. Sonny Perdue came by his knowledge of agriculture the old…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $4.8 million in available funding to develop and implement food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…and said, ‘Let’s get these problems fixed.’ Agriculture had not just one but many seats at the table to share with the president how access to international markets, farm labor…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…national interest to ensure that regulatory burdens do not unnecessarily encumber agricultural production, constrain economic growth, hamper job creation, or increase the cost of food for Americans and our customers…
2017 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecturer Renews Call for Excellence in Nutrition Research
…Gone in the Wrong Direction?” is the title of Dennis M. Bier‘s 2017 Agricultural Research Service (ARS) W. O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, which he delivers today at the Experimental Biology…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…He is acknowledged as a national leader in agriculture, having served as a board member for the National Grain & Feed Association, and as President of both the Georgia Feed…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…sophomore at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; National FFA officer (central region vice president), 2016-2017 Lynetta Griner of Florida, owner/operator of Usher Land…
NFU President Attends March for Science in D.C.
…federal policy. Johnson also said there should be more publicly funded, independent and peer-reviewed agricultural research to inform both farmers and policymakers. More than 70 percent of U.S. agricultural research…
Syngenta Corn Lawsuits Underway
…lawyer for Syngenta called the claims “speculative, at best.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share this Post California Freight in Crisis: Wildwood Express on the Pressures…