The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) today announced $5.2 million in grant awards to bring nutritious, local foods into schools and create new economic opportunities…
American Farm Bureau Board Votes Unanimously to Support Goodlatte AG Act Provisions
…agricultural guest worker program and they go a long way toward fixing the biggest problem we face in agriculture – a shortage of agricultural labor that limits our ability to…
Enrollment for Safety Net Coverage Ends August 1
Farmers and ranchers, with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net programs, are being reminded enrollment for the 2018 crop year ends…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 06-21-18
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China Could Step Up Trade War Tactics
…U.S. agricultural products. Earlier this week, business and agriculture groups penned a letter to Congress seeking lawmakers involvement to reign in Trump’s trade agenda. The group asked for congressional oversight,…
National FFA Organization and ASTA Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding
…it’s important to provide tools to our members to ensure they become tomorrow’s leaders in agriculture. This memorandum will help us sustain that growth in leadership.” The memorandum was signed…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 06-20-18
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Trade War Costly for U.S. Farmers
…of affairs. University of Illinois agriculture economist Scott Irwin this week on Twitter says the outlook has “moved into disaster territory,” specifically, regarding soybeans. Jim Bower of Bower Trading in…
Farmers for Free Trade Places More Anti-Trade War Advertising
…U.S. apple exports are particularly prone to be hard hit by retaliatory tariffs. Jim Bair, U.S. Apple Association President & CEO, says: “Profit margins in agriculture are razor-thin, or nonexistent,”…
USDA Issues Warning of Newcastle Virus to Commercial Poultry
The Department of Agriculture says at least 18 outbreaks of Virulent Newcastle Disease have been confirmed in backyard chickens in Southern California. The outbreaks prompted the Animal and Plant Health…
Agri View: Growing Family Farms
…agriculture really is. As recently as 2012, 36 percent of all agriculture was farms with 2,000 acres. With all that in mind, what we call large farms are also getting…
Perdue Announces New Budget Director at USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the selection of Erica Navarro to serve as Director of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis (OBPA) for the U.S. Department of…
NPPC Testifies at USTR Hearing on Thailand’s GSP Eligibility
…peak production levels. It’s critical that new export markets are opened for U.S. pork and other agriculture sectors. “The United States ships safe, wholesome and competitively priced pork to more…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 06-19-18
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