…the first 11 months, his administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 planned regulatory actions, most notably the Waters of the United States rule. “As we put money back…
USDA/NIFA Announces Support for Crop Breeding Research
…jointly among NIFA, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Biological Sciences Directorate, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom to foster the development of breakthrough technologies…
NAFTA Withdraw Threats Put Transportation Jobs in Jeopardy
…head to New Orleans, and boards cargo ships destined for Mexico, among other locations. Mexico imported $3.6 billion of wheat, corn and other cereal grains from the United States last…
Snow Survey Significantly Below Average
…spanning the western United States has consistently been prohibiting ARs from getting to California this winter. The state still has a chance for significant rainfall and snow this winter if…
Report Shows 2014-15 HPAI Impact
A new report by the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service found the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States was not as big an effect…
USDA Survey Shows Millennials Prefer Fruits, Vegetables
…surpassing Baby Boomers, in the United States. As such, USDA says their purchasing behavior heavily influences the current retail landscape. Another important finding is that as they have more money…
USDA: Global Food Insecurity Has Improved Significantly
As a part of the Global Sustainable Development Goals set in 2015, the United States made a commitment to help end global food insecurity by 2030. America enacted the Global…
Changes to California Agriculture Coming in 2018
…of the term ‘waters of the United States’, commonly known as the WOTUS rule, is anticipated to be announced in early 2018. The ruling will determine who has jurisdiction to…
Celebrating National Fruitcake Day
…Christmas may by behind us, but one holiday tradition continues across the United States on this day which is known as National Fruitcake Day. Every year on December 27th so…
United States Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 2 Percent
As of December 1, there were 73.2 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 2 percent from December 2016, but down slightly from September 1, 2017, according to the…
USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer
…Unlimited. The permit will allow reindeer to enter and exit the United States between the hours of 7 p.m. December 24, 2017 and 7 a.m. December 25, 2017, through or…
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Pays It Forward with Research Achievements
…to the southwestern United States. Guayule plants in an ARS research greenhouse As the USDA’s chief in-house scientific research agency, ARS employs 2,000 scientists at 90-plus research locations across the…
Expanding U.S. Commodity Markets Top Priority for USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service
…to the $5.3 billion in milk and dairy exports from the United States in 2017. The Pre-Export Check program issued over 13,000 certificates for 583 million pounds of U.S. almonds,…
Still Little to No Pesticides on 2016 CA Produce
…Snow Peas from Guatemala, Longan from Vietnam, Ginger and Lichti nuts fruit from China; Cactus pads from Mexico; and Bok Choy from the United States. If illegal residues are found…