USDA Good Agricultural Practices are now available for small and mid-sized farmers in group form as a means of food safety certification. Rod Bain reports. Group GAP And Food Safety…
Agriculture Production Costs Sharply Decline in 2015
U.S. farmers spent far less on agriculture production in 2015 compared to 2014, according to the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. A new report shows farmers spent $362.8…
Agri View: Politics and Cuban Trade
…Congress approved a bill to allow the sale of agricultural products and medicine to Cuba. And just this year a measure to fund a bill to study and begin to…
California Wine Shows Strength in Challenging Economy
…government agencies such as the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Economic Research Service and Federal Reserve Bank. For a copy of the methodology, click here. Highlights Impact of California wine and…
Farm Credit System Loan Volume Up
…Credit Banks Funding Corporation, Tracey McCabe, says “despite continued lower agricultural commodity prices and global economic challenges, the overall credit quality of the System’s loan portfolio remained favorable.” 2016 first…
California Citrus Acreage
The Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California citrus growers as funding is available. The purpose of this survey is…
Russia and Japan Meet to Talk Exports
Russia Wants to Export Poultry and Beef Exports to Japan Russia is exploring ways to export more poultry and beef products to Japan. Meatingplace reports that officials from Russia and…
Governors Strongly Support TPP
…isn’t passed by Congress. The TPP involves 12 nations and covers 40 percent of the world’s economy. The agreement opens up new and lucrative markets for American agricultural products overseas….
Ag Outlook Strengthens
Long Term Ag Outlook Strengthens After a volatile June and early July in the commodity markets, agricultural outlooks turned higher in the rest of July. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag…
CFBF Encourages Overtime Bill Action
…of requirements for workers to not work one day every seven days to agriculture will force seasonal agricultural workers to miss as many as four days of pay in a…
Specialty Crop Research and Extension Investments
…Bluff, Pine Bluff, Ark., $50,000 The American Olive Oil Producers Association, Clovis, Calif., $50,000 Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Ill., $3,694,012 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., $3,673,611 Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville,…
S&W Seed Company Signs First U.S. Sorghum License Agreement
…Seed Company Founded in 1980, S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company, headquartered in Fresno, California. The Company’s vision is to be the world’s preferred proprietary seed company by…
Beef Exports Reopen to Brazil
USDA Reaches Agreement to Reopen Beef Exports to Brazil The Department of Agriculture announced Monday the reopening of Brazil for U.S. beef exports. USDA says the agency reached an agreement…
5th Annual Kids’ “State Dinner”
…agricultural, historical, and cultural significance of their communities through food. I had the pleasure of meeting many amazing young chefs in attendance, including 11-year-old Abhijith from Missouri, who incorporated local…