…is weather central for the western United Stakes and Canada – its where our winter storms form, or in this case, refuse to form. If the blob continues to grow…
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
…Secretary. Perdue previously announced other significant reorganizations at USDA. In May 2017, USDA created the first-ever Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and reconstituted and renamed the new Farm…
EPA Chief Says E15 Expansion Doesn’t Need Congress
…by May. The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents oil refiners, says the industry will challenge the final proposal in court. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
…known as the Beagle Brigade, to search for prohibited agricultural products at major U.S. ports of entry (airports and land border crossings), mail and cargo facilities. The teams detect prohibited…
Farm Bill a Topic on the Campaign Trail
…want to get ahead of Congress on the issue, which means it’s uncertain as to when his agency will release the rule. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
China Has Culled 200,000 Pigs Due to Swine Fever Outbreak
…outbreaks have happened in northeast China. That’s an area which typically sends its hogs to slaughter in the south, closer to consumption centers. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
U.S. Suspends Pork Imports from Poland
…detected anywhere in North America. The disease is highly-contagious among domestic and feral pigs, but it poses no danger to human health. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Online Grocery Sales to Quadruple
…Walmart’s large number of rural stores is expected to give it a competitive advantage in online shopping over the next five years. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Presidential Order Restores Western Water Supplies
…Tom Nassif, president of the Western Growers Association. “Implementation of the Endangered Species Act can be better for both species and people, and the president’s action moves us in that…
USMCA a Framework for Future Trade Deals
…threatened, tariffs, depending on how the negotiations were moving. The U.S. and the EU first agreed to explore an agreement this summer. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Conaway Determined to Complete Farm Bill
…notes Peterson also has said he does not want to carry the farm bill into 2019 even if the House flips in the midterm elections. Source: National Association of Farm…
Study: E15 to Provide Limited Ethanol Market Impact
…than 1,300 stations with pumps that can dispense E15, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. However, that is a small portion of the estimated 122,000 stations in the country, according…
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
…of pink bollworm took years of committed research by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and included planting transgenic cotton, using insect pheromones to disrupt mating, releasing sterile insects to prevent…
NBB to EPA: Small Refinery Exemptions Destroy Demand for Biodiesel
…However, the agency’s data dashboard now makes it easy to calculate the biodiesel demand lost to these exemptions, the letter points out. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….