A breakdown of farm production expenditures. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by photosergii@gmail.com/DepositPhotos USDA’s latest look at farm production expenditures in total and by various categories…
AgNet News Hour, Friday, 08-09-24
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. On today’s show, USDA has announced changes to the Enhanced Coverage Option for the 2025 crop…
Additional RAPP Funding Available to Support Ag Exports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced additional funding to help diversify export markets for U.S. agricultural products. An additional $300 million in funding is going to be made…
CBO Says House Farm Bill Cost Will Raise Deficit
…bill will increase commodity supports by $45 billion over ten years, cut SNAP funding by $29 billion, and greatly restrict USDA’s use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for discretionary spending….
Dairy and Livestock Sustainability Incentive Grants Available
…reductions in both methane emissions and nutrient surplus. The program, funded by the USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, has $58 million available for additional grants. This program expands the scope…
CA Prop Causing Nationwide Issues
…USDA economists recently compiled it and put out a report showing that retail prices are up twenty to forty percent for covered pork products in California,” Cook explained. Cook said…
USDA Discrimination Payments
Image by Kotangens/DepositPhotos image The USDA works to right some wrongs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Checks are going out for the USDA’s discrimination financial assistance program….
Pork Industry Impact on U.S. Economy
…and still very significant numbers despite all of those challenges. Meanwhile, the 2022 USDA-NASS Census of Agriculture shows that the number of farms raising hogs has declined but the number…
On Farm Conservation Efforts to Be Measured by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to better understand on-farm conservation practices. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey farmers across the U.S. from August 2024…
NASDA C. E. O. Ted McKinney Discusses Farm Bill
…and ranchers who are at the core of this. It leaves great uncertainty,” he said. He explained even aspects of USDA come to a halt when funding stops. “Many people…
Some Good News in Food Price Forecast
USDA’s latest food price forecast has a little good news for shoppers. Gary Crawford has more coming on up This Land of Ours. Image by takoburito/DepositPhotos image Analysts at the…
USDA Report Highlights Slowing Specialty Crop Trade with China
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that American specialty crop trade with China has been on the decline over the past several years. In 2023, the…
Western Wildfires Increase
…have experienced an increase in wildfires over the month of July. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses some of the reasons why. “This has been an interesting wildfire season. We’re coming…
House Ag Takes Close Look at Dropping Ag Income
Image by AndreyPopov/DepositPhotos image Farmers across the U.S. could see a drop of nearly 25-percent in their farm income compared to last year. That’s what USDA is predicting—and that’s why…