…With programs such as this we are able promote efforts to decrease food insecurity through healthy diets and nutrition education.” The USDA report, Household Food Security in the United States,…
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…act. Landowners’ concerns stem from a rule the agencies finalized last year, known as the “waters of the United States” or WOTUS rule, which would bring more waterways under jurisdiction…
Funding for Farmers Markets / Food Promotion Programs
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released details of the $26.8 million in Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program grants announced by Agriculture Secretary…
Flooding to Shut Down Mississippi River Shipping Temporarily
…and western Wisconsin have swamped farmlands in those states and are causing concerns about the conditions of the corn and soybean crops ahead of the fall harvest. From the National…
Agri View: Food Waste
…It also shows that most of them can be well fed with food that is wasted. As a good example, in the United States alone we throw out twenty-nine million…
Known Sorghum Pest Spotted in California
…United States for a while. It’s just new to California and has been reported this year,” Dahlberg said. “I think what’s happened is we have seen an increase in sorghum…
USDA Launches Cage-Free Egg Report
…shell egg estimated production in the United States, based off of organic and cage-free flock size estimates collected by USDA. Information for the report is collected from weekly retail advertised…
China places Anti-Dumping Duties on U.S. DDGs
…to Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today. China is the world’s top buyer of DDGs, a by-product of corn ethanol. China imports almost all of its DDGs from the United States,…
Chance for TPP Passage Slim
…in the House to approve the trade deal. Other countries are holding out on approval, pending action by the United States. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Vilsack Announces Sorghum Board Appointments
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of four members to serve on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board. Members will serve three-year terms. Producers appointed to the board are:…
Food Security in the United States in 2015
…in U.S. households in 2015. The report, Household Food Security in the United States in 2015, includes changes in food insecurity from previous years, the prevalence of food insecurity by…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…for trade – remains a top priority for the United States. The United States produces the highest-quality beef in the world, and China’s 1.3 billion consumers are an important market…
Western View: What to do with 44,000 Old Wild Horses
…horses still running on the free ranges of the west, it is a problem that won’t go away soon. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
Farmers Urging Congress to Swiftly Move on TPP Agreement
…challenge of feeding and fueling a growing world. But we can’t do that without trade agreements like TPP.” The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement between the United States and…