…participating stakeholders. For more information about the Christmas Tree Promotion Board, contact Victoria Carpenter at (202) 720-9915, or email VictoriaM.Carpenter@ams.usda.gov. For more information about research and promotion programs, visit www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/research-promotion….
Softwood Lumber Board Appointments
…treatment of participating stakeholders. For information on the Softwood Lumber Board, contact Maureen Pello at (503) 632-8848, or email Maureen.Pello@ams.usda.gov. For more information about research and promotion programs, visit www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/research-promotion….
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…conservation opportunities. USDA has developed new markets for rural-made products, including more than 2,700 biobased products through USDA’s BioPreferred program; and invested $64 billion in infrastructure and community facilities to…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…available. U.S. producers have responded from the bird flu outbreak of 2015 and USDA estimates that the turkey supply is up about 8 percent from where we were last year.”…
Agri View: Food Cost
Everett Griner talks about Economic rise led by food cost in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Well, the USDA has released information that will shock not many, if anybody at…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…commercially available to ranchers. USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics, which regulates animal vaccines, required detailed data on how the timing of vaccine delivery may impact embryo development following breeding. “Gathering…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the closure of the APHIS-operated bird import quarantine facility located at the port of Otay Mesa, California. These changes will…
Five Tips for a Food Safe Thanksgiving
…food can lead to serious foodborne illness,” said Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Turkeys may contain Salmonella and Campylobacter, harmful…
Stuffing, Outside of the Bird
…don’t recommend doing it that way. Because according to USDA Food Safety Expert Marianne Gravely: “you have to overcook the turkey to make sure the stuffing is cooked.” Or worse,…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016….
How Much Turkey to Buy
…per person.” That will allow some second helpings according to Marianne Gravely with the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline. That one pound per person is good for a 10 –…
Ousted Kansas Representative Wants Top USDA Post
…House. And former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman said he would be surprised if Huelskamp is chosen due to his “adversarial relationship with congressional leaders.” Glickman says: “You cannot have burned…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…This 3-minute video shows how USDA recycles food waste from its South Building cafeteria so it can be turned into gardening mulch. It encourages USDA employees to correctly dispose of…
Roberts Disappointed with USDA’s Advancement of GIPSA Rules
…April 2016, I sent a letter to USDA urging the agency to reconsider issuing the rules. I heard concerns about the GIPSA rules from farmers and ranchers at a hearing…




















