…declined 0.6 percent, milk per cow was down 0.5 percent, and the number of dairies decreased by 3.2 percent. The twelve month average price paid to California producers for farm…
Stop Federal Water Extortion, Farm Bureau Says
…the uncertainty that has plagued ranchers across the western landscape and the rural communities they support.” If passed, the Water Rights Protection Act would bar the federal government from seizing…
NAFTA Modernization Must Not Disrupt Pork Exports
Following notification by the Trump administration to Congress that it intends to modernize the trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico, the National Pork Producers Council urged the…
OTA Applauds Organic Research Investment Legislation
…grant project awarded to Washington State University, Pullman, in 2012 to develop locally adapted quinoa varieties and organic management practices to increase production in the United States. The project quantified…
U.S. Still Likely to Benefit from TPP
The United States stands to benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, even though President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the trade agreement. New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay told Radio…
State Milk Regulators Ask FDA for Assistance
…of dairy terms would bring the United States into closer alignment with how the issue is handled in other countries, Briczinski noted. Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union…
USDA Seeks Feedback From California and Nevada Growers
…the NASS Pacific Regional Office. “When growers respond to these surveys, they provide essential information that helps us determine the prospective production and supply of major commodities in the United…
Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations
…the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule with a rule that will clarify the extent of federal jurisdiction without overreaching. The replacement rule, the comments state, must work for…
National Walnut Day
…harvest, contains juice which will readily stain anything it comes in contact with. The husk juice has been used as a cloth dye. The United States is the world’s largest…
Mexico Officials Visiting U.S. This Week to Talk Trade
…“For us, it’s good news that the process is closer to starting.” He says Mexico is ready to enter “a serious negotiation” with the United States. From the National Association…
Western View: Shep’s Story
…to the St. Clare Hospital in Fort Benton, where eventually his sheepdog, Shep, found him. Western View The man was dying, and the dog, with the intense loyalty of those…
Canada Ag Census Shows Increase in Young and Women Farmers
…beginning stages of the next U.S. Census of Agriculture. In 2012, the U.S. census counted 2.2 million farm operators in the United States. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
NCC Statement on US-China Preliminary Trade Agreement on Beef, Poultry
…to the United States that was slaughtered and cooked in Chinese establishments. For Frequently Asked Questions on USDA’s Equivalence of China’s Poultry Processing and Slaughter Inspection Systems, please click here….
Initial Results of the 100-Day Action Plan of the U.S. – China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue
…for the import of China origin cooked poultry to the United States as soon as possible, and after reaching consensus, the United States is to publish a proposed rule by…