…the farm bill, farmers testified about the need for continued strong export opportunities as well as business certainty from regulatory reform. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Organic Groups Suing USDA over Livestock Rule
…the plaintiffs are the Center for Food Safety, Center for Environmental Health, Cultivate Oregon, and the International Center for Technology Assessment. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Wants Input on Statistics Gathering Programs
…Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service and the World Agricultural Outlook Board. The U.S. Census Bureau will also participate. Leaders from each agency will provide an overview of current issues…
President Trump Signs Omnibus
…clarifies that air emissions from animal waste at a farm are not applicable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. In addition, the legislation provides agricultural haulers a…
Central Valley Grower Receives Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award
President and CEO of Allied Grape Growers Nat DiBuduo was honored as the Distinguished California Agriculturalist of the year at the Outlook 2018 Agribusiness Conference in Visalia on March 22….
USDA Provides Funds to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…Service (APHIS) Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/farmbill. The public can help protect America’s agricultural and natural resources by being aware of invasive pests and the damage they cause. APHIS created the…
Bayer Announces Crop Science Incubator Space
…agricultural and microbial expertise from Crop Science, a division of Bayer, with the Synthetic Biology technology and know-how of Ginkgo Bioworks to discover and develop novel microbial solutions for some…
NBB Disappointed with No New Biodiesel Tax Credit
…the tax credit. For some small biodiesel producers, that can be the difference between keeping the lights on or shuttering down. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmers for Free Trade: Tariffs Make American Farmers a Target
…farm incomes declining, the last thing American farmers and rural communities can afford is a tax on the export market they rely on. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Omnibus Spending Bill Also Contains Livestock “Fixes”
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association was pleased to see that the omnibus appropriations spending bill released on Wednesday night has what it called “two common-sense solutions to regulatory overreach in the…
Appropriations Bill Agreed Upon by Congress, Contains Section 199A “Fix”
…to Section 199A of the tax law that currently gives farmers an incentive to sell to cooperatives rather than privately owned companies. The National Grain and Feed Association was happy…
More U.S. Trading Partners Exempted from Tariffs
…and the U.S. Commerce Department have been in talks with several countries about exempting them from the steel and aluminum tariffs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trump: China Tariffs Will Total $50 Billion
…Lighthizer and the administration about “indiscriminate” tariffs against China, noting that “it’s not about backing down, it’s about hitting the target.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Chinese Retaliation On U.S. Pork Exports Will Harm The Rural Economy
…U.S. pork. Many economists, including Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes, have cautioned that tariffs on U.S. agricultural products could disrupt exports to China. Lost sales would have severe economic…