…USDA’s work to improve our Civil Rights record, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read Chapter Eight: The People’s Department: A New Era for Civil Rights at USDA…
NCBA Joins Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed Estate Tax Regulations
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and others are asking the Treasury Department to withdraw the newly proposed estate tax regulations. NCBA joined more than 3,800 organizations in a letter…
China Wants GMOs, Citizens Don’t
A new report says China wants to incorporate the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture, but the Chinese people do not. And Bloomberg says the latest food safety scandal…
Farm Economy Slumping into Fourth Quarter 2016
…up modestly from the February forecast, but income was still expected to decline notably from a year ago. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August revision can be interpreted as both…
Agri View: Food Prices
…the seafood. It is regarded as food security. People simply expect the supermarkets to be well stocked. Here is how USDA shows it. We spend less than seven percent annual…
State Proposes Regulation on Pesticide Use
California announces proposed rules on agricultural pesticide use near schools and child day-care centers The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released a proposed regulation that would give further…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for September 29
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released details on up to $48.1 million in available funding to support systems-based research and extension activities…
CA to receive $11.7M Funding for FSMA Produce Safety Rrule
…as the continued commitment to a safe food supply. Both points are important to a state withr an agriculture industry providing more than one-third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
A unique new sponsor targeting Florida citrus growers will result in broadcast “from location” in Italy The annual October citrus crop forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural…
Putin Tells Russia to Not Hurry Grain Movement
…country should not be in a hurry to move excess grain. Russia’s Agriculture Ministry Tuesday announced the nation’s grain crop was estimated at 110 to 115 million metric tons, the…
USDA GMO Labeling Study Waiting on Funding
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) may have to wait until later this year to receive funding for the congressionally mandated study on electronic GMO labeling. Politico reports USDA Secretary Tom…
Agri View: American Agriculture
Everett Griner talks about how American agriculture began in today’s Agri View. American Agriculture Well it is a fact that until the early nineteenth century the majority of the population…
Millennials and Organic: a winning combination
…generational attitudes and beliefs regarding the USDA Organic label. The target audience included a national online panel of U.S. households supplemented with KIWI Magazine’s Parents’ Advisory Board. All respondents had…