Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are touting legislation that will help veterans in agriculture. Introduced by Committee Chair Pat Roberts and ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow, the Farmer Veteran Opportunity…
Conaway Comments on Trump Challenging India Market Practices
…its allowable levels of trade-distorting domestic support. Conaway says India is not the only country, however, harming U.S. agriculture. He says the global agricultural market is “awash with high and…
USDA Projects Smaller Corn, Soybean Crops
The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the Department of Agriculture projects smaller corn and soybean crops this year. The corn crop is projected at 14.0 billion bushels,…
Secretaries Perdue and Zinke Join Forces to Combat 2018 Wildfire Season
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Thursday hosted a fire briefing for Members of Congress at the Department of Agriculture detailing the wildfire forecast for 2018. Following…
Agri View: Trade War
…strike back by placing embargoes on U.S. goods. Here is what that means. Let’s take pork. China has already listed pork imports as one of the products. The pork industry…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 05-10-18
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China Steps Up Pork Inspections, Slowing Imports
…U.S. demands made last week. An agriculture analyst at China Policy, a Beijing-based consultancy, told Reuters that increased checks on U.S. products are “not terribly surprising,” adding that when trade…
Wheat Growers Talk Farm Bill with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
…farm bill programs are key” to allow growers to continue farming. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway is hoping to bring the new farm bill to the full House of…
Agri View: Agriculture Trade Problems
…issues that do a lot of damage to agriculture. It is easy to see that these executions could very well put all of agriculture into a very disastrous environment. Not…
UCANR Releases New Report for Raspberry Production Costs
…Agriculture and Natural Resources’ (UCANR) Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension provide important information for growers contemplating new commodities to grow. The latest study, “Sample Costs to Produce and…
Time is Nearly Up for Cotton Ginning Cost-Share Applications
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds cotton producers that time is almost up to apply for the Cotton Ginning Cost-Share (CGCS) program. The application window opened on March 17…
First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support Issued by U.S.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the United States submitted a counter notification in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture (COA)…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 05-09-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman….
Co-ops Support California Federal Milk Marketing Order
The three largest milk marketing cooperatives in California have voted in support of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order as proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. California Dairies, Inc.,…