The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule aimed at strengthening protections for temporary ag workers by making several changes to the H-2A program. DOL has noted the…
AgNet News Hour, Wednesday, 05-01-24
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. On today’s show The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule regarding the H-2A…
USDA Seeks to Reduce Chicken-Related Salmonella Outbreaks
(USDA/WASHINGTON D.C./ April 26, 2024) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced its final determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in raw breaded…
Ag Producers Have Until May 24 to Apply for Initiatives Supporting Bird Populations
Flocking tricolored blackbirds The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is accepting applications for two programs to help support bird populations. The Migratory Bird Resurgence Initiative (MBRI), authorized…
AgNet News Hour, Tuesday, 04-30-24
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Texas Ag Commissioner Expresses Gratitude for Help
…the Texas Agriculture Department thanks their valued counterparts in other state ag departments around the nation. They say departments in states like Alabama, Iowa, and South Carolina have provided unwavering…
AgNet News Hour, Monday, 04-29-24
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Bill Seeks to Bolster the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…departments of agriculture. Other supporters of the legislation include the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, and the California Farm Bureau Federation. Listen…
USDA Lowers its Forecast for 2024 Food Prices
…Agriculture Harvester Products March 1, 2026 Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt Ramsey November 4, 2025 CIR Agriculture Harvester Products November 1, 2025…
AgNet Weekly: AFBF on EPA’s PFAS Rules
…by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and serves as a Council Member on the World Agriculture Forum. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley and now divides…
Week in Review: Central Valley Subbasin Gets Probation & New EPA Herbicide Strategy
…Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy highlights concerns with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Cow-to-cow transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture….
Time Running Out to Submit Applications for Trade Mission to Colombia
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Alexis Taylor, is leading an agribusiness trade mission to Bogotá, Colombia from August 13-15, 2024. The mission…
AgNet News Hour, Friday, 04-26-24
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Bayer Leads New Alliance to Protect Glyphosate Use
…aims to reinforce the safety and necessity of glyphosate as being essential for modern agriculture’s sustainability. It aims to collaborate with policymakers and agricultural partners to uphold regulatory frameworks aligned…