The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show is underway in Nashville, Tennessee. NCBA kicked off the convention this week with Cattlemen’s College educational sessions focusing…
Florida Representative Drafts Legislation to Abolish EPA
…by the EPA to state and local government partners.The bill, however, is not seen as a serious threat to the EPA. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Food Producers Accelerating Exports to Mexico, Searching for New Markets
…in retaliation to the U.S. blocking Mexican trucks from using U.S. highways. The dispute cost U.S. businesses more than $2 billion. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Committee Vote on EPA Chief Delayed
…Republicans ridiculed their counterparts, Republicans held a similar boycott during the Barack Obama administration over then EPA Administrator nominee Gina McCarthy. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Western View: Living History at a State Park
…agricultural dynamo in which we live. There are four parks that, in my opinion, teach us a lot about the people who came before us. These parks celebrate the diverse…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…implementation. We also recently wrapped up a two-year, top-to-bottom review of SNAP, and we examined the benefits of biotechnology, the future of agricultural trade, the importance of agriculture to our…
Vilsack Endorses Agriculture Secretary Nominee Sonny Perdue
…Perdue as his Agriculture Secretary nominee just before Inauguration Day. Perdue’s Senate confirmation hearings are expected in mid to late February. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Brazil Proposes Opening Farmland for Foreign Ownership
The President of Brazil plans to propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land in the nation in an effort to pull its economy out a two-year…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…and ended up facing big expenses to buy crops at higher prices to fulfill marketing obligations and to feed on-farm livestock. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Border Tax Draws Concern from Seed Industry
…Trade Association’s Vegetables and Flower Seed Conference in Orlando, Florida, ASTA CEO Andy Lavigne told the Hagstrom Report the tax could burden the seed industry. He says: “A great deal…
Livestock Industry Supports Legislation to Address BLM Planning Rule
The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applaud the introduction of concurrent resolutions in both the Senate and House disapproving the Bureau of Land Management’s Planning 2.0…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…In 2015, California exported approximately 26 percent of its agricultural production by volume, accounting for $20.69 billion in value. California’s leading agricultural export products by value are almonds ($5.14 billion),…
Germany Urging EU to Speed Trade Deal Negotiations
…the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Trump is also targeting reforms to the North American Free Trade Agreement. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Monsanto to Appeal California Glyphosate Ruling
…nation’s leading agricultural state, saying California officials illegally based their decision to require the labels on information from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, according to the LA Times….