…forwarded to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for final approval. During its Business Session, The Cotton Board elected new officers to guide the Program, including George LaCour, Jr….
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
The latest air monitoring results released by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) show that, for the second year in a row, all of the pesticides monitored were found…
Farm City Newsday, Thursday 8-17-17
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Congress Returns Next Month Facing Challenges
…both sent USDA spending bills to the full House and Senate, though neither has acted yet and the two bills that both reject big cuts proposed by the president would…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…own 25 million acres of U.S. land — roughly the size of Virginia. One Chinese corporation took control of over 100,000 acres of U.S. farmland through the Smithfield acquisition and…
Roberts, McCaskill To Host Agriculture Security Roundtable
Roberts Senate Agriculture Chair Pat Roberts of Kansas, along with Senate Democrat Claire McCaskill of Missouri will hold a roundtable discussion Friday on agriculture security. Senators McCaskill and Roberts will…
Not All Ag Groups Happy with Direction of NAFTA Talks
A handful of farm groups says the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation goals favor corporate agribusiness over family farmers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Politico reports that…
Agri View: Beef Import and Export
…agriculture. So, it is safe to assume that big hunk of pot roast or that T-bone steak, just off the grill, staring you in the face, came from a Texas…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA) sent a joint letter to Canadian, the United States, and Mexican government…
Farm City Newsday, Wednesday 8-16-17
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U.S. to Pursue Other Trade Openings During NAFTA Talks
…U.S. agriculture has one eye on protecting years of gains under NAFTA, but the other on U.S. efforts to expand ag trade elsewhere, after President Trump ditched TPP. U.S. Trade…
Dicamba Damage Reports Still Climbing
…Through state departments of agriculture surveys, at least 2,242 official investigations have taken place up through August 10th. Estimates from state weed extension experts show suspected dicamba damage totals 3.1…
Agri View: Crop Dusting Changes
…take away all of the danger. But, it did make the job sound safer. And, like everything else in agriculture, the task of applying chemicals to the crops from the…
Farm City Newsday, Tuesday 8-15-17
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