…supply chain and agricultural economy.” In its comments, NFU points out that addressing concentration in the meat processing sector is critical moving forward. NFU encouraged USDA to implement closer monitoring…
Water Provisions of Infrastructure Bill Come After Years of Advocacy
Friant-Kern Canal Agriculture Landscape The $1 trillion infrastructure bill making its way through Congress contains several provisions important to agricultural production. The legislation includes significant investment in water infrastructure in…
Hemp Webinar Covering Cultivation and Production Coming Up This Week
…selection, and financial planning. Researchers and other experts from NCAT, Oregon State University, the Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, and Kentucky State University will all be providing information to…
Week in Review: AB 616 Progress Causes Concern, High Expectations for Ag Exports
…agricultural exports. The California Clean Biomass Collaborative is looking into viable alternatives to agricultural burning. A recent event in Reedley brought industry members together to go over the need for…
EATS Act Introduced to Block California Animal Confinement Rules
…from interfering with agricultural interstate commerce. The Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression ACT, known simply as the EATS Act, was introduced by Senators Roger Marshall, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, John Cornyn,…
NASS to Review Acreage Earlier for Certain Crops
The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced it will review planted and harvested acreage for select crops earlier than normal. The crops under review include corn, cotton, peanuts,…
Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacated by Federal Judge
…frustration from the agricultural industry. “AFBF is extremely disappointed in the ruling to vacate the Navigable Waters Protection Rule,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in a press…
WTO Panel to Review China’s Compliance on Farm Product Imports
…quotas. China submitted its second request for a dispute panel to determine whether it has complied with a 2019 ruling concerning its tariff rate quotas for certain agricultural products, including…
USDA Has Big Expectations for Agricultural Exports
…new record in U.S. agricultural exports.” The latest trade projection is an increase of $9.5 billion from numbers that were released back in May. An updated definition of “agricultural products,”…
Organic and Specialty Crop Insurance Purchases Increase Substantially
…with new coverage opportunities have been the driving factors for the increase. “We recognize the necessity to adapt insurance options to meet agricultural producers’ needs. Our work in recent years…
Biomass Collaborative to Flesh Out Ag Burning Alternatives
…justice, and agricultural production. One of the groups representing agriculture in the Collaborative is the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA). Together the Collaborative will be working on practical solutions to…
Specialty Crop Multi-State Program to Award $10 Million in Funding
…is an important resource to strengthen the competitiveness of our nation’s specialty crop industry,” Administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Bruce Summers said in a press release. “By working across state…
The Western View: September is California Wine Month
…are more than 100 events going on, all to celebrate a California agricultural product that is enjoyed around the world. To find an event near you, visit CaliforniaWines.com. The Western…
Western House Members Ask for FEMA Disaster Declaration
…from governors of 10 drought-stricken states asking the Biden administration to declare a drought disaster that would allow “agricultural communities to get access to funds that aren’t available through existing…