…forwarded to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for final approval. During its Business Session, The Cotton Board elected new officers to guide the Program, including George LaCour, Jr….
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule before the Agency’s deadline of Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. “When comments are made a part of a record – as rule-making –…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…farmer, has ties to the Humane Society of the United States. In a statement announcing the launch, Maxwell said: “Our freedom and our democracy is threatened by the corporate stranglehold…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional Agropecuario (CNA) sent a joint letter to Canadian, the United States, and Mexican government…
Canada Plans to Protect its Dairy System in New NAFTA
…which binational panels made binding decisions on complaints about illegal subsidies and dumping. The United States has frequently lost such cases. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
NMPF Statement on Comments from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
…than it imports, this is hardly an example of a ‘good deal’ for farmers in the United States or consumers in Canada. Much of what the United States exports to…
APHIS Publishes Final Rule to Allow Fresh Hass Avocado Fruit from Colombia into the Continental U.S.
…the continental United States using a systems approach designed to ensure imports do not introduce pests into the United States. The systems approach is a series of overlapping measures taken…
A Faster, Less Costly Way to Process Walnuts
…at ARS’s Western Regional Research Center, includes three new steps: Hulled, in-shell walnuts are separated into two groups with different moisture contents; then pre-dried with infrared heating; and followed with…
Renegotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement
The renegotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement get underway on August 16th. Canada, Mexico, and the United States can sit down at a table to update the twenty-year-old…
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
…of origin for most farm workers in the United States. These flows slowed with the 2008–09 recession, improving economic conditions in rural Mexico and stepped-up U.S. border enforcement. With fewer…
Agri View: Export Trade
…over 7,000 jobs for nonfarm workers. Here is a stunning figure. United States agricultural exports created over one billion non-farm jobs in 2016. Another factor. Canada and Mexico, our neighbors,…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…at United Vintners in Reedley upon graduation from Fresno State in 1979. “Fresno State offers a unique opportunity to teach students how to create world-class wines in a place that’s…
Dairy Producers Needed for Sorghum Research
…Heguy and her team sampled approximately 16 dairies during their sorghum harvest to investigate nutrient characteristics and chop length, to establish a baseline for the best possible growing practices. Heguy…