The United States Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Value-Added Producer Grant Program. USDA recently announced the availability of $18 million for the program administered by USDA…
California Dairy Production Increases from Last Year
The numbers on California dairy production for the month of July have recently been released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Total cheese production for…
Agri View: Energy to Produce Food
…of all energy produced in the United States. Farmers use a portion of that. Natural gas is used to produce most fertilizer. Diesel fuel keeps tractors and other motorized equipment…
Perdue on President Trump’s Tax Reform Agenda
…the United States and the world. “It’s an old, not-so-funny joke that farmers live poor and die rich, because of the value of the land they own. It isn’t right…
American Biofuels Producers Demand U.S. Government Respond to Brazilian Tariff
…are at risk; this cannot go unanswered. As the two largest democracies and economies in the Western Hemisphere, Brazil and the U.S. share one of the world’s most important trade…
KORUS Withdraw Would Harm Pork Producers
…the action over the weekend, but the administration has backed away from those claims this week. National Hog Farmer magazine reports that if KORUS is terminated, the United States likely…
Agri View: Farm Trade
Everett Griner talks about Cuba needing United States farm trade in today’s Agri View. Farm Trade It has been 50 years since Cuba turned politically away from the United States….
HSUS Seeks Cage-free Eggs, Crate-free Pork, in California
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has launched a new initiative to force California farmers to adopt cage-free egg production and gestation crate-free pork production. Last week, HSUS…
Agri View: America’s #3 Eating Choice
…doesn’t matter. It is rated number 3 on the preference list for most of us. Right behind hamburgers and grilled cheese. It is more popular in the United States, by…
Apply for Alternative Manure Management Program Grants
…Anaerobic digester technology has been steadily evolving over the past ten years and is beginning to become more prevalent on California dairies. Capturing methane in the digester allows it to…
Mexico, Canada, Committed to NAFTA, With or Without the U.S.
…the United States jobs and industrial capacity, while Mexico says the integration of the region has made it more competitive, helping to protect jobs. Depending on the year Canada is…
Agri View: Canola Oil
…in the United States, we still import half of Canada’s crop. It isn’t just in the United States and Canada. Rapeseed has become a desirable crop all over the world….
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…years that a Category 4 storm hit the United States. Sustained winds of 135 miles per hour and heavy rain inflicted massive damage in Texas, causing the flooding of farm…
The Western View: Chile Festival
Western View California has great wine, but New Mexico folks say they have the best peppers in the world. And it’s time to celebrate that; the growers around Hatch New…