The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, Alexis Taylor, will lead an agribusiness trade mission to South Korea March 25-28, 2024. USDA is…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for New Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program
…Secretary Karen Ross expressed gratitude for the USDA’s commitment to strengthening food systems across the board. Eligibility for the RFSI funding extends to agricultural producers, processors, non-profit organizations, local government…
Food Insecurity in U.S. Households with Older Adults
…The data was released this month in USDA’s Household Food Security in the United States in 2022. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land…
Ag Groups Express Concern Over Trade Relations with China
…percent reduction in U.S. agricultural exports to China. The U.S. agricultural sector has greatly benefited from access to the Chinese market, with exports soaring from $1.73 billion in 2000 to…
Lawmakers Discuss Pesticide Regulations
…said though he understands the rights of the states to each have their pesticide regulations, he supports the Agricultural Label Uniformity Act to reaffirm pesticide label consistency. Congressman Rick Allen…
H-2A Usage Continues to Grow Even with High Costs
…combined with the growing demand for labor, poses financial strains on agricultural businesses. The Market Intel also highlights the top states for H-2A positions, maintaining a similar pattern to fiscal…
Lawmaker Takes on California’s Prop 12
…her bill, the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act in the next farm bill. “The EATS act preserves California’s right to regulate its agricultural practices within its own borders, while…
EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act to Address USDA Food Purchases
…$6 billion, the legislation would direct the USDA to prioritize purchases from beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers, small and mid-sized operations, agricultural cooperatives, organic producers, and those employing environmentally…
No Kitchens in Future Homes?
…Joanna Guza via the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here. No Kitchens in Future Homes? Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet…
AgNet Weekly: Alexis Taylor on Trade Missions for Specialty Crops
…National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual convention. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson is a 30-year media veteran known nationally for…
Week in Review: First Water Allocations Announced & New Leadership at California Farm Bureau
…a banner year for California pistachios and there appears to be increasing export market opportunities to help address increasing production. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the latest agricultural…
Equipment Replacement Incentives Are Working
…the event was the President/CEO of the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA), Roger Isom. WAPA has been a major proponent of equipment replacement incentives, citing the critical nature of initiatives…
“True Cost” of Food Discussed at COP28
…not exhaustive, constitute over 20 percent of the quantified hidden costs and are equivalent to almost one-third of agricultural value added.” Those costs are primarily related to greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Shannon Douglass Elected as New President of California Farm Bureau
…safeguarding the future of the nation’s most productive agricultural economy. “We face abundant challenges in farming and ranching today,” Douglass said in a press release. “But California remains a great…