…office in your area, visit http://offices.usda.gov. Since 2009, USDA has worked to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with…
Food Waste Research
Cathy Isom tells us how USDA researchers are studying ways to reduce and possibly recycle food waste. That’s coming up on “This Land of Ours.” Food Waste Research From: USDA…
Grilling Safely
…for your holiday meal. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Grilling Safely From: Food Safety.gov USDA Urges Consumers to Keep Clear of the Danger Zone This Summer By:…
Agri View: Different Crops
Everett Griner talks about America’s favorite crops and foods in today’s Agri View. Different Crops From: USDA Economic Research Service Crops Corn Corn is the most widely produced feed grain…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…riders in USDA’s annual funding bill to prevent it from finalizing the regulation. But no rider was included in USDA’s fiscal 2016 bill, and USDA earlier this year indicate it…
Where Does Your Food Come From?
…and publishes state of origin reports with procurement information on all USDA Foods every year. As we like to say at FNS, “All USDA Foods are local to someone.” USDA…
May Dairy Market Report
…push projections for the dairy-income-over-feed-cost margin to its lowest levels since 2013. USDA’s NMPF decision tool for the Margin Protection Program (MPP) now indicates that the MPP margin may fall…
California Walnut Nursery Sales Report
…the reported number of trees sold, along with the trees per acre by variety from the Walnut Acreage Survey. Acknowledgements The USDA, NASS Pacific Regional Office sincerely appreciates the nurseries…
California Walnut Acreage Report
…The Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California walnut growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide walnut acreage…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…Herring, a pork producer from North Carolina who testified before the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Herring USDA is reproposing parts of the so-called GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…Nonsensical EPA regulations like those addressing Waters of the United States, or impending USDA rules interfering with the efficiency of livestock markets will have a disastrous effect on markets that…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…want to work with Congress and the USDA to “improve the effectiveness of MPP for all dairy producers.” He said recent administrative changes made by USDA to the program will…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
USDA Resumes Incentives to Grow and Harvest Biomass for Energy and Biobased Products U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini announced that incentives resume this…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…current policy on new plant varieties is in theory a “product” based policy, but USDA and EPA determine which plants to regulate at least partially based on the process by…