Dairy Groups Across the Globe Urge Trade Officials to Challenge New Protectionist Dairy Policy in Canada Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand…
Ag Producers Cut Expenses by Nine Percent
…United States Fuels Expenditures, Total and Average Per Farm by Year – United States Fuels Expenditures by Sub-Components, Percent of Total – United States Chemical, Fertilizer, Labor, and Feed Expense…
Russia to Become Top Wheat Exporter in 2016-2017
…30 million tons in the 2016-2017 marketing year. Russia would take the top spot from the European Union, which has been hit hard in the western part of the continent…
Agri View: Pecan Marketing Order
…United States. In fact, research has been declining in recent years. China is the best export market, but efforts are being made to build those markets in India, Turkey and…
New National Offshore Wind Strategy to Drive Deployment
…of the Offshore Wind Industry in the United States, which could help enable 86 gigawatts of offshore wind in the United States by 2050. The strategy details the current state…
Heritage Foundation Looking to the 2018 Farm Bill
…The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service identifies five different types of farming risk: human and personal risk (such as human health), institutional risk (regarding governmental action),…
Corn, Potatoes and Vegetable Production Practices
Over the next several months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) plans to visit thousands of corn, potato and vegetable growers across the United States…
Food Insecurity in the United States
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Significant Decrease in Household Food Insecurity in the United States Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement on the release…
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
…in the United States and China are having on agriculture and to share our visions for the next generation. In addition, I look forward to joining U.S. agricultural leaders as…
Project Aids Food Supply for Delta Smelt
…see if we could boost the delta smelt food supply in the western delta in this fifth year of drought,” said Charlton Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish…
The Western View: Ag Startup Resources
Startup companies in any industry face many challenges on the journey from an idea to a sustainable business. Smart entrepreneurs look for resources to help them on that journey. Agfunder,…
California State Organic Program
from the Organic Stakeholder Work Group Executive Summary California leads the nation in organic farms, land in organic production, and organic sales. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s…
National Beer Lover’s Day
…beer lovers and patriots among the nation’s founders. The first President of the United States recorded a recipe for brewing beer in his notes. And, Samuel Adams holds a place…
New York Moving Toward E-15 Approval
…we look forward to working with retailers across the Empire State to quickly get E15 into the market.” Chief Financial Officer of Western New York Energy Timothy Winters noted, “E15…