…Cuba that would limit our agricultural export opportunities. We should be doing more, not less, to encourage U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba. Our farmers and ranchers and the Cuban people…
China Trade Agreement Includes Biotech Approvals
…Journal reports China has approved imports of two new varieties of genetically modified crops, clearing the way for U.S. agricultural companies to market new biotech seeds to farmers. Through the…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…agencies charged with implementing economic, community and global market development, including agricultural programs, while also emphasizing regulatory flexibility for farms and small businesses. With a dependence on sound science, task…
USDA to Speed Through GMO Labeling Rule
…senior analyst at the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Livestock, Poultry and Seed program told the International Dairy Foods Association’s regulatory conference in Washington on this week that USDA has started to…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…agricultural watersheds across the United States. The grants are funded through the Water for Agriculture Challenge Area of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill….
AFBF Details NAFTA Renegotiation Priorities
…believe negotiations should address how U.S. agricultural exports to Canada would grow if tariff barriers to dairy, poultry, and eggs were reduced or eliminated, as well as the relatively recent…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
…establishment of 22 research and promotion boards that are industry-funded and empower agricultural industries with a framework to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets,…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…the five measurable food safety costs per firm. The largest of these five cost shares was for workers implementing the food safety plan: 38 percent for the food safety staff…
Duvall Praises Selection of Hazlett for Rural Development
…and ranchers and strengthen the rural communities they call home. Her background in rural issues in Indiana and her background in agricultural policy make her an ideal candidate to lead…
Farmland Values Expected to Decline
Experts expect farmland values to decline as agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes. Agricultural real estate business Farmers National Company says agricultural land values in most…
U.S., China Finalize Details to Send U.S. Beef to China
…with China. We will continue to work toward a more fair and balanced economic relationship with China by expanding opportunities for U.S. workers and businesses.” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer…
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…
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)…