The election of responsible agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to ALL farmers and ranchers with large or small operations. It is crucial that every eligible producer take…
Vilsack Message: Local Markets, Local Growth
…of the 8,100 farmers markets across the country. These are important community spaces and are helping many farmers, particularly smaller and beginning farmers, increase their revenues. For a long time,…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…and water savings due to conservation practices implemented by farmers is a major reason full delivery occurred.” Although California received $25 million for drought assistance to farmers through NRCS’s Environmental…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…progression of HLB among the states, there are regional as well as national priorities for CDRE. These priorities fall within four categories: 1) priorities that deal with the pathogen; 2)…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…as unprecedented water shortages force farmers into difficult decisions. Some farmers have decided to bulldoze groves; others will pay many times the usual price for water, in some cases just…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…on June 11, 2014, in Omaha, NE. “Attending USW meetings and conferences in Latin America, South Asia and Europe, I am continually impressed by the quality of the USW staff…
Farmers Targeted in Phone Scam
…more on a new phone scam targeting farmers. Phone scam targets farmers Someone is targeting farmers in a new phone scam. They are calling farmers, identifying themselves as being with…
War of Words for Dairy Industry
…National Milk Producers Federation. The federation wants to know why the FDA is focusing on clarifying the use of terms like “dried cane syrup” or “evaporated cane juice” rather than…
Clean Water Rules Comment Period Extended
…to American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman – and a clear signal that America’s farmers know how to stand up and be counted. Stallman says EPA has misled the regulated…
More Cling Peach Acreage Needed
California growers are getting an incentive to increase cling peach production. According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers who planted new cling peach orchards have the opportunity to get 20-year…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
The National Pork Producers Council is calling for TPP trade talks to stop waiting for Japan to comply. Sabrina Hill has more. Pork Producers: Move On Without Japan The National…
Funding Boost for Groundwater Banking Program
…to develop methods to effectively meet water demands and reduce the impacts of this and future droughts on the people of the Valley.” “Fresno Irrigation District appreciates our project selection…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…farmers, regardless of their crops or locations, and the creation of strong and lasting relationships between this nation’s current and future producer leaders. The 2014 tour’s producer participants include: Jarod…
National Weekly Rice Summary
…prices steady; second heads steady; brewers steady. Rice by-products: rice bran prices steady to 7.00 higher; hulls 4.00 higher. For the complete summary report and prices-National Weekly Rice Summary. (.pdf)…