…dwarf, Ponderosa dwarf, and Dwarf Eureka. Whichever strain, it’s completely conceivable to have a lemon tree growing in most places in the United States. The Meyer Lemon is a cross…
Deadline Approaches for Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment
…into contracts that last between 10 and 15 years. Signed into law by President Reagan in 1985, CRP is one of the largest private-lands conservation programs in the United States….
U.S. Poultry Gains New Market Access in Morocco
…USDA works to expand markets around the globe.” The United States is the world’s second largest poultry exporter, with global sales of poultry meat and products of $4.3 billion last…
USDA Invests $345.5 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure to Improve Service
…the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations,…
California, What Are You thinking?
…the logs he was hauling, for all the world to see – a cause that is painfully obvious to westerners who know the land, but our city neighbors are blind…
Drought Monitor Shows Continued Dryness
…and exceptional drought classifications in parts of Kansas and Missouri, through Oklahoma and Texas, and throughout the Southwestern United States. In North-central and Northwest Missouri, pastures take the look of…
People are Eating More Chicken
…to a recent survey commissioned by the National Chicken Council. According to the survey, chicken consumption in the United States remains high, and consumers are hungry for more information about…
PMA Exhibitors Stock Monterey Foodbank Shelves
…more than 200 food banks that help feed people across the United States. The county food bank’s feeding partners include emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, shelter programs, senior programs and…
Celebrating National Peach Month
…stone fruit that provides us with a bounty of sweet goodness all summer long. Interestingly enough, there are more than 300 peach varieties that grow in the United States, including…
U.S., Mexico, Leaving Canada behind in NAFTA Talks
The United States and Mexico are progressing on the North American Free Trade Agreement re-negotiations, leaving Canada behind, for now. Top trade officials from Mexico are in the U.S. this…
In Argentina, Perdue Welcomes U.S. Pork Back to Market
…Trump and President Macri agreed in a Joint Statement in April 2017 in Washington, both countries are committed to further expansion of agricultural trade between the United States and Argentina….
EU Insists Agriculture Not a Part of Trade Truce with Trump
The European Union (EU) says that the proposed trade talks with the United States wouldn’t include farming. The website Business Times Dot Com says this directly contradicts what President Donald…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
…the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations, please view the…
The Western View: National Day of the Cowboy
…a man’s life to be lived, and when death was to be met, he met it like a man.” I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West…