…Appointees were selected from nominations submitted by eligible producer organizations, general farm organizations and qualified dairy products promotion, research or nutrition education programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) monitors the…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…five years from now than they face today (Figure 6). Figure 6. Producers’ expectations of agricultural regulations in five years. Ag Thought Leaders On a quarterly basis, 100 agricultural thought…
Agriculture Groups Stress Importance of Trade
…the Asia-Pacific region. By doing so, the agriculture groups say the move would allow American workers to supply Asian markets with high-quality food and agricultural goods. President Trump has signed…
Scientists Give Old Elm Tree a High-Tech Helping Hand
By Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) USDA-ARS scientists will try to “cryopreserve” the twigs of this old historical elm in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to safegaurd the tree’s…
Farm Groups Endorse Agriculture Secretary Nominee Perdue
…669 agricultural organizations endorsed Sonny Perdue, the nominee for Agriculture Secretary. A Trump transition team official says the letter was written on behalf of “farmers, ranchers…and all other segments of…
Trump: Change NAFTA to NAFFTA
…see it dismantled. Trump says the current deal is “very unfair” to American workers and companies that do business in the United States. Agricultural trade between Canada, Mexico and the…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
…species into the U.S. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting Americans every day….
Trump Trade Policies Good for New Zealand?
Petersen The New Zealand trade envoy says a Donald Trump presidency might be good for his country. Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mike Petersen says, “He (Trump) is really strong on…
Cargill Chief: NAFTA in “Good Place”
…agricultural economy.” He says new trade deals must fill the hole left by the Trump Administration’s move to exit the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He adds that it makes “no sense for…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
…(NSF), we are able to leverage funding and enhance partnership opportunities to propel us into the future of food and agricultural science.” “These studies will lead to a better understanding…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…nutrition policies, helping ensure that we have agricultural workers, and implementing new food labeling laws. We will be working closely with him on these and other issues in the coming…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…The researchers plan to show they can conserve more water through co-robotics, with workers interacting with technology for precision irrigation, ideally at the individual plant level. This comes from looking…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…The focus on food, he said, has direct ties to UC efforts and is vastly relevant to this region. “It’s not uncommon for people who live in agricultural areas to…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…same can be said for many other U.S. agricultural commodities – from grains and oilseeds to beef and pork. As I noted in a letter sent to the new President…






















