Eliminating the unnecessary regulatory barrier to year-round sales of E15 is among a dozen recommended reforms the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should immediately undertake to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens on…
Canada Ag Census Shows Increase in Young and Women Farmers
…news service. From: Statistics Canada 2016 Census of Agriculture Farm operators are slightly older and there are fewer farms in Canada than in 2011, but farms are on average larger…
Methane Vote Agreement Offers path for E15 Bill
…is also reviewing the law to see if the EPA has the authority to grant a waiver for year-round E15 sales. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
EPA Send RFS Volume Obligations to OMB
…gallons of cellulosic biofuel. That means the implied RVO for conventional biofuels including corn ethanol was set at 15 billion gallons. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Stabenow, Rural Groups, Express Concern over USDA Reorganization
…the critical nature of rural development to the American economy.” USDA is encouraging the public to provide input on the plan. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
NCC Statement on US-China Preliminary Trade Agreement on Beef, Poultry
…value of $722 million. Brown also said the announcement only further underscores the need for USDA to scrap its controversial “GIPSA rules” on poultry. “In an increasingly competitive global marketplace,…
Agriculture Secretary Perdue on Trade Breakthrough with China
…long time. I commend the persistence of President Trump, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, the U.S. Trade Representative’s officials, and our own USDA professionals. I also thank…
Overall Tractor Sales Trending Higher in 2017
…decrease of 12 percent from 2016. Click here to view the latest market data from AEM. Read more on tractor sales. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
New Zealand Continues TPP Push Without U.S.
…been ongoing this spring to decide the fate of TPP without the United States, but little movement has yet to surface. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Agriculture Groups Approve USDA Reorganization Announcement
…Trump Administration is listening to America’s farmers and ranchers. In this farm economy, trade is more important than ever to farmers’ incomes. Overseas markets represent 73 percent of the world’s…
Secretary Perdue Announces Creation of Undersecretary for Trade
…Service (FAS), which deals with overseas markets, and the Farm Service Agency (FSA), which handles domestic issues, were housed under one mission area, along with the Risk Management Agency (RMA)….
EPA Extends Timeline for Pesticide Applicators Rule
…to curb regulations that are killing jobs and hurting our farmers. It’s time for government to get out of the way and let our farmers farm,” said Governor Greitens. “We…
NPPC President Ken Maschhoff on USDA Establishing an Undersecretary for Trade
NPPC is very pleased that Secretary Perdue is establishing within USDA an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a position that we and others in agriculture fought to get…
May WASDE Report Mostly Neutral
…damages to the winter wheat crop in Kansas and other states. The full report is available at USDA dot gov (https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/latest.pdf). From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….