…electronics show in the world, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance® (USFRA) introduced a new communications concept, called SMART Farm, aimed at bridging the gap between the acceptance of innovation that’s…
Crops Benefit from Holiday demand
Year-end celebrations may be finished, but a number of California agricultural products continue to feel the benefits of a traditional bump in sales created by increased baking, feasting and toasting…
American Farm Bureau Strongly Endorses Pruitt for EPA
The American Farm Bureau Federation has formally endorsed the nomination of Scott Pruitt as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. AFBF President Zippy Duvall called Pruitt, Oklahoma’s attorney general,…
NMPF, USDEC Statement on Selection of New U.S. Trade Representative
…significantly benefited from the agricultural provisions of prior U.S. free trade agreements. At the same time, however, we face a growing wave of nontariff barriers that threaten to impede overseas…
AFBF Duvall: Nomination of Robert Lighthizer for USTR
…barriers undermine our exports. We must work together to remove these obstacles to prosperity and identify new global opportunities that will benefit American agriculture. “Economic growth in rural America depends…
National Bacon Day
…be hard to argue that there is nothing in this world that doesn’t taste better with bacon. Whether it’s chocolate covered bacon, bacon cheeseburgers, maple bar doughnuts sprinkled with bacon…
Administration Still Fighting for Beef Producers
…Office announced this week that it will take a shot at the European Union regarding its ban on hormones in American beef exports. The World Trade Organization has said in…
U.S. Dairy Exports Quadruple in Value Over 10 years
…the world. The recently released “Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports” report says 2015 wasn’t quite as good. The U.S. began adding to an already large amount of dairy exports in…
No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
…Bill as a tool to support prices and avoid sugar forfeitures when there is excess sugar in the marketplace. USDA’s Dec. 9, 2016, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report…
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…
December Dairy Market Report
…exports continued to rebound, while lactose exports registered gains for the first time in 2016. Total dairy exports during August–October were equivalent to 15.5 percent of milk solids production,compared to…
Almond Assessment Increase Approved
…new, innovative marketing programs. Strain on agricultural resources has never been higher. Almonds are currently California’s highest-value agricultural crop, and soon they will be its largest acreage crop, putting the…
Food Prices Down as Biodiesel Production Grows
…year, they are paying less for it, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Price Outlook. The Consumer Price Index for grocery store items is 2.3 percent lower than…
USCA Requests Status on U.S. Beef Trade with China
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association last week requested an update on the status of trade negotiations with China about the export of U.S. beef. In a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary…