…of the United States in the fight over the housing for egg-laying chickens in California, according to the Hagstrom Report. Meanwhile, two more have joined the Trump USDA landing team:…
American Drivers Surpass 500 Million Miles on E15
…a remarkable milestone. Based on sales and consumption data reported over the past 12 months by major gasoline retailers, drivers across the United States have more than 500 million miles…
Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land
by Ron Sands, Scott Malcolm, Shellye Suttles, and Elizabeth Marshall, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Dedicated energy crops, such as switchgrass in the United States, are viewed…
New Zealand Will Open to U.S. Cooked Turkey Products
A move by New Zealand will allow the United States to export cooked turkey products to the island nation. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports a new veterinary certificate approved by…
Canada Books First Trade Discussion with China on Bilateral Agreement
…the Asian nation by 2025. Meanwhile, Freeland says she hopes to hold talks with the United Kingdom’s trade secretary as the U.K. will trigger the formal process for leaving the…
Western Wet Season And Reservoir Replenishment
…of the West have seen more rain than snow this wet season, the effect has been positive for the region’s water reservoirs. Rod Bain as the story. Western Wet Season…
AFBF Duvall: Nomination of Robert Lighthizer for USTR
Lighthizer “The American Farm Bureau Federation looks forward to working with United States Trade Representative nominee Robert Lighthizer. Mr. Lighthizer has had a long and distinguished career in trade, working…
National Bacon Day
…day. In the United States and Canada, bacon is made from the pork belly. Elsewhere in the world, the side and back cuts of pork are used. The meat is…
The Western View: Excuse me, Mr Trump
…King owns the forest and uses a heavy hand to control his peasants… well, we know the outcome of that story. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from…
National Champagne Day
…breaking year for sales of the bubbly in the United States. Last year, according to the Wine Institute champagne sales were up ten-percent from the year before. Every year for…
National Alfalfa Checkoff Launches on January 1st
…a shortfall in alfalfa research funding. An article on Western Farm Press Dot Com says the Alliance Board of Directors voted to start a national checkoff program to help get…
Western Snowpack Recap
USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses the condition of mountain snowpack totals in the West over the last three months. Snowpack Recap…
Sodexo Food Service Announces New Animal Welfare Standards
…fate of broiler chickens takes a turn for the better,” he said. The United States has the largest broiler chicken industry in the world, with about 19 percent of its…
Poultry and Egg Production Report
…earlier, and 2,244 in November 2015. U.S. November Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.53 billion during November 2016, up 10 percent from last year. Production included 7.44 billion…