The U.S. suspended pork imports from Poland last week after an outbreak of African Swine Fever in that country. Pork Business Dot Com says the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health…
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
…tens of millions of dollars in yearly control costs and yield losses. Thanks to rigorous control and regulatory activities carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), state departments…
Agri View: Farm Income Declined…Again
…year. According to USDA, this is the fourth consecutive decline. One source put the loss at 16 thousand dollars per family. It doesn’t matter if it is soybeans or cattle….
Trade News Has Pork Producers Feeling Optimistic
…meaning that all USDA-approved pork and pork products must be eligible for export to the U.K. without additional requirements,” Heimerl said. And while the organization is open to trade negotiations…
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…to set a new record in 2018. Read more, and get the full U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea report with graphs and more. (.pdf) Source: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service…
California is a National Leader in Agricultural Conservation Investment
Texas is the only other state to have spent more on conservation investment through USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the fiscal year 2018. California spent more than $100…
U.S. Now has 6.5 Million Acres of Organic Certified Land
…U.S. farms certified as compliant with the USDA National Organic Program standards for organic row crop production. The total represents three percent increase from 2017, or 460 new operations across…
USDA Announces Hass Avocado Board Appointments
…markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight, paid for by industry assessments, which ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity. Source: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service…
USDA Announces Deregulation of GE Low-Gossypol Cotton
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces the deregulation of Texas A&M’s cotton variety genetically engineered to have ultra-low levels of gossypol in…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to invest in rural America with more than $4.8 billion in payments being made, starting this…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…agricultural and related products last year and the potential for U.S. export growth is strong, given that many of these are products that the United States produces competitively. USDA’s Foreign…
Dropped Tariffs Could Mean Less USDA Trade Aid Relief
…steel and aluminum,” Perdue adds. If that happens, it could mean USDA will scale back on the second installment of its trade aid program. Perdue tells Reuters, “If the tariffs…
Perdue Announces Funding for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…(also known as the 2501 Program), managed by the USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement (OPPE). “From the beginning of this Administration, USDA has focused on increasing rural prosperity…
USDA Appoints Members to Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
…forward to having them as a resource for feedback and firsthand information to help us better understand the impact of USDA programs on farmers, ranchers, packagers, shippers and everyone involved…