…exporter. Over the past five years, cumulative U.S. dairy exports are more than double the import total. “The relationship between the dairy sectors of the U.S., Mexico and Canada is…
Pig Pens: A Look at Mirrors and Mats
by USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS scientists found that pigs preferred to be in pens with mirrors and rubber mats. (Photo by Shelly Deboer.) What a pig sees when it…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…local foods, offering taste tests to children, buying equipment, planting school gardens and organizing field trips to agricultural operations, Long said. State and local agency interest and engagement in community…
Secretary Perdue to Testify Before Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee
…to the Hagstrom Report. The budget proposal would cut funding for trade promotion programs and eliminate more than 230 jobs geared toward boosting U.S. exports. These proposed cuts follow a…
USDA Releases Latest WASDE Report
…its U.S. acreage and grain stocks reports on June 30th. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. For the latest monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE)…
ICFA Lobby for Practical Cannabis Growing Guidelines
…that growers would be permitted to operate seasonally. The organization is comprised of farmers, scientists and other stakeholders who support the cultivation of sun-grown cannabis using the best agricultural practices….
The Western View: Fruit Trail
…of ripe fruit literally bursting with flavor. It’s Nature’s best, California Grown, from one of the biggest agricultural counties in the world. I’m Len WIlcox and that’s the Western View…
Adjusting NAFTA to Help Small Beef Producers
…raised in Canada and Mexico and then sold in the United States. Overall beef exports saw a significant increase because of the provisions within NAFTA, however the agreement also compounded…
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
…Agriculture (USDA) to finalize them. “Chicken growers and livestock producers operate in an extremely consolidated agricultural marketplace, where lack of competition provides the major meat companies with tremendous power,” said…
Critical Agricultural Research and Extension Projects Gains Support
…the agricultural community.” The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative is America’s flagship competitive grants program for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences….
House Ag Committee Underscores Importance of U.S. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development
…and agricultural development as a continuation of the committee’s series to examine all aspects of the next farm bill. Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) and members of the committee heard…
New Broccoli and Lettuce Cost Studies Released
…the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics website at https://coststudies.ucdavis.edu. The cost and returns studies program is funded by the UC Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension,…
Monthly Farm Economy Survey Holds Steady
…survey of 400 agricultural producers from across the country, was 130. The producer sentiment index has hovered near 130 for five of the last six months and remains considerably stronger…
Beef and Pork Exports Moderate in April, Remain Above Year-ago Levels
U.S. red meat exports last month slowed moderately from the pace established in March, but were still significantly higher year-over-year, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Beef exports reached…