It is Spring and time to head to your local Farmers Market. Cathy Isom fills you in about the special produce you’ll find at its very best this time of…
Amid Brazil Scandal, Groups Urging Reconsideration of COOL
…overlooked and a new trade priorities list from the President, groups such as the National Farmers Union are urging the administration to pursue COOL. NFU is urging the administration to…
Agri View: Little known Peanut Facts
…this. A small number of farmers who grow peanuts produced harvested about three million tons of peanuts last year. And last year was not a good year. Too dry over…
Daily Access to Local Foods for School Meals: Key Drivers
…improve access to local foods in eligible schools through grants and technical assistance. Farm-to-school programs bring locally or regionally produced foods into school cafeterias; provide hands-on learning activities such as…
Trump Ag Assistant Lists Administration Priorities
North Carolina native Ray Starling is still new to his role as Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Agricultural Trade, and Food Assistance. Starling spoke to Penton Agriculture this…
Agri View: Power of Positive Thinking
Everett Griner talks about positive thinking keeping farmers going in today’s Agri View. Power of Positive Thinking “A farmer has to be an optimist or he couldn’t be a farmer.”…
65 Percent Water Allocations for CVP
…the dismal water allocations given to Valley farmers. This precipitation season shows that is far from the truth. Regulatory strangleholds continue to cut off water from this region which reduces…
House Agriculture Committee Evaluates Current Dairy Policy
…safety net is designed to offset bad times like these, but the underperformance of the Margin Protection Program left our dairy farmers with virtually no assistance. In addition, our farmers…
Strengthening Dairy Safety Net Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
…in its current form does not provide meaningful safety net support to the nation’s dairy farmers,” Mulhern said. The MPP is designed to allow farmers to insure the gap between…
USDA Targets $6 Million for Wildfire Relief
…through USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program, will assist farmers and ranchers as they attempt to restore grazing lands, rehabilitate devastated landscapes, rebuild fencing and protect damaged watersheds. Kansas Republican and…
Agri View: Rain, Rain Go Away
…not over.” Roads look like rivers on my TV screen. Even places where crops had dried up and farmers had lost millions. It was yellow water and mud slides covering…
Trump Administration Declares National Ag Day
Ray Starling, President Trump’s special assistant for agriculture, reads the administration’s declaration of National Ag Day, before a gathering of ag industry representatives in Washington, D.C. Trump Administration Declares National…
Acting Agriculture Deputy Secretary Michael L. Young on National Agriculture Day
Acting Agriculture Deputy Secretary Michael L. Young released the following statement: “Today is National Agriculture Day, set aside to pay tribute to the farmers and ranchers of our nation. The…
Subcommittee Examines Federal Nutrition Programs
…to go hungry, and these food distribution programs assist Americans in gaining access to healthy foods. In addition to serving low-income families, USDA Foods supports American farmers, keeping local agriculture…