After loud outcry from the agriculture industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on clean water rules. This extension is a victory for farming families – according…
Daily California Eggs
…is slow. Monday’s shell egg inventories declined 7% in the Southwest and increased 20.3% in the Northwest. Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA…
New Waterways Law Benefits Agriculture, Consumers
President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act today. WRRDA is an important piece of legislation for agriculture – one that has been a priority for the…
Bare Facts About Bees
…How important are bees? Bees are vital to California agriculture, as most of our crops rely on them for pollination. Speaking recently at the Alltech Symposium, Alltech Global Director of…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
…the 17 free trade agreements the United States has concluded since 2000, only 233 tariff lines combined have been exempted from having tariff elimination. For more, see Agriculture Groups Urge…
USDA Farm Service Agency Phone Scam Alert
Farm Service Agency has become aware that scam phone calls are being made to customers regarding disaster payments. The caller identifies themselves as being from Farm Loan Services in Washington,…
Daily California Eggs
…on moderate supplies. Market activity is slow. Small benchmark price $1.35. Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents…
USDA Takes Steps to Stop PEDv, PDCoV
…authorities. Help for pork producers In a step to prevent the spread of Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, the USDA has issued a federal order requiring reporting of the virus to…
Postive Growth for Beef and Pork Exports
The beef and pork industries are both seeing a pattern of positive growth, but what’s behind the new numbers? Sabrina Hill has more. Meat Export Numbers The U.S. Meat Federation…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 6
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies http://www.usda.gov/oce/ http://www.dm.usda.gov/employ/diversi……
Weekly Cotton Market Review
Spot cotton quotations averaged 66 points higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton in the seven…
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
…are a vital link between the farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” said Vilsack. “I hope that every eligible farmer and rancher will participate in this year’s county…
Shell Eggs: Daily California Eggs for June 6
…benchmark price $1.37. CALIFORNIA: Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect…
California Cattle on Feed Down
…percent. April 2013 contained 22 weekdays (including holidays) and 4 Saturdays. April 2014 contained 22 weekdays (including holidays) and 4 Saturdays. View the Pacific Region Livestock Report from USDA/NASS. (.pdf)…