…The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the United States Department of Commerce, has yet to complete their fisheries’ temperature management plan for Shasta Lake. While they take their…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 28
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Trump Ends WOTUS, Ag Supports Move
As expected, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. Agriculture groups around the nation support the move….
New Research Challenges 2050 Agricultural Production Needs
…say is an “out of balance” narrative in agriculture, between food production and ensuring a healthy environment. The researchers say agriculture needs quantitative targets for both food and environmental impacts…
Starling Named Special Assistant for Agriculture
Starling The Trump administration has named Ray Starling as Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade and Food Assistance. Starling has a long history in agriculture and many groups…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 27
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Analysts Say Bacon Shortage Not Likely
…demise of Chicago Mercantile Exchange belly trading pit. The Department of Agriculture data for January on pork bellies, from which bacon is made, put total stocks at 14 million pounds….
USDA Increases Fiscal Year 2017 Specialty Sugar TRQ
The Department of Agriculture Friday announced an increase in the fiscal year 2017 specialty sugar tariff-rate quota, or TRQ. The increase of 40,000 metric tons-raw value is needed to accommodate…
AFBF President Addresses USDA Ag Outlook Forum
…Department of Agriculture’s Ag Outlook Forum. Duvall told the attendees: “there are some early indications that it could be the worst,” according to the Hagstrom Report. His remarks were addressing…
Sonny Perdue is Waiting for Confirmation
…the required paperwork from the White House yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for Perdue. Insiders with the Department of Agriculture have hinted that a confirmation hearing and vote is…
Agri View: Quicker Aid
…2016 crop was hard. 2017 looks even tougher. Other crops have their own difficulties. So passing a bill this year would tend to boost all of agriculture a year sooner….
Farm City Newsday February 24
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Ag Groups Ask for Infrastructure Help
…infrastructure a high priority in fiscal 2018 allocations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Click Rural Letter to President Trump to…
Senate Told Action Needed to Address Dairy Safety Net
…delivered here today by Kansas dairy farmer Lynda Foster. In a field hearing Thursday on the campus of Kansas State University, Foster told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee that…