…domestic origin for exports and domestic destinations for imports are not measured. This report further states that this information could help DOT to assess international trade flows within the United…
September Meat Exports Strong
…have trended higher since June, and chilled beef exports to Asia are performing exceptionally well this year. September beef exports reach new milestones in Japan, Korea September beef exports were…
Agri View: Cotton Picking
Everett Griner talks about cotton picking, imports and exports in today’s Agri View. Cotton Picking Well, cotton picking has begun but pickings will be kind of slim in some places…
USDA Data Shows Number of Midsize Farms Declining
…shows that small farms, those with less than $350,000 gross cash farm income, represent 90 percent of all farms, but only grow about 22 percent of America’s agricultural goods. From…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…the start of the Obama Administration. When people think of USDA, they may not immediately think of cutting-edge science or discovery. But USDA is the world’s largest agricultural research force….
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…having a problem now is that we have depended on exports to get rid of surplus dairy,” another respondent said. “It was nice that for the first time we were…
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Pest
…agricultural officials for investigation. The UC Riverside Center for Invasive Species Research, which Hoddle directs, has a website where people can report palm trees that may be infested, at cisr.ucr.edu/palmarum_survey.html….
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will offer a new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands practice specifically tailored…
USDA Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committee on Ag Statistics
…the views and data needs of suppliers and users of agricultural statistics. “The Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics serves a vital role to the National Agricultural Statistics Service,” said Renee…
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…to ensure that their vote is counted. “Producers elected to FSA county committees play a vital role in local agricultural decisions,” said Dolcini. “Their contributions are essential to the daily…
Pesticide Conversations Already Happening with Schools
…knew the potential regulation would look like,” Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo said. The program looked to figure out how the reporting and notification system would work. Arroyo said…
Support for Oklahoma “Right to Farm” Amendment Drops
Oklahoma residents will vote next week on State Question 777, which would grant agricultural interests legal protections that rival the rights of free speech and religion. A Meating Place dot…
CCGGA Opposes Air Resources Board Freight Facility Survey for 2017
…other agricultural post-harvest facilities. This is critical as CARB eyes future rulemaking that, while not explicit stating it, could lead to the potential of a facility based diminishing emissions cap….
CCGGA Hosts Congressional Staff
…Plank, Legislative Director for Congressman Devin Nunes ((22nd Congressional District) and Ruth Hazdovac, Staff Assistant for Congressman Nunes. The group toured several agricultural sites with CCGGA President/CEO Roger A. Isom,…