…of farming and advising of the farmers.” Before joining Allied Grape Growers in 2000, DiBuduo had already been involved with farming all of his life. Over the years DiBuduo has…
Online Grocery Sales on Track to Being $100 Billion Industry
…Walmart recently announced an expansion of its grocery-delivery service to 100 metro areas. Kroger and Albertsons have also partnered with the online grocery delivery service Instacart to compete, with Kroger…
USDA Provides Funds to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach announced that USDA is allocating almost $70 million from Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill…
Growers Lose Lawsuit to Continue Ban on Argentinian Lemons
…by step, by step, challenging and overturning our arguments relative to what USDA had proposed during the process,” Nelsen stated. The lawsuit claimed the USDA did not properly analyze the…
Farm Bureau Concerned About Possible Chinese Trade Retaliation
…to deteriorate, our lives as farmers and ranchers will become more difficult. America’s farmers and ranchers export more than $21 billion of farm products to China – more than 20…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 03-23-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman….
NBB Disappointed with No New Biodiesel Tax Credit
…the tax credit. For some small biodiesel producers, that can be the difference between keeping the lights on or shuttering down. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmers for Free Trade: Tariffs Make American Farmers a Target
…farm incomes declining, the last thing American farmers and rural communities can afford is a tax on the export market they rely on. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Omnibus Spending Bill Also Contains Livestock “Fixes”
…says they thank members of Congress for acknowledging and addressing regulatory overreach and its potential negative impact on the livestock industry. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Appropriations Bill Agreed Upon by Congress, Contains Section 199A “Fix”
…we should not be picking winners and losers through the federal tax code by favoring one side over another,” Perdue says. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
More U.S. Trading Partners Exempted from Tariffs
…and the U.S. Commerce Department have been in talks with several countries about exempting them from the steel and aluminum tariffs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trump: China Tariffs Will Total $50 Billion
…Lighthizer and the administration about “indiscriminate” tariffs against China, noting that “it’s not about backing down, it’s about hitting the target.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA/NIFA Announces Support to Relieve Veterinarian Shortage Situations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of funding to help assure rural communities have sufficient access to livestock veterinary services….
Nuts for Calories!
Not all of nuts’ calories are taken up by the human body; on some of them, the body gets a free pass, according to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)…