…DMC, which replaces the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). This new program offers protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost…
Farmers Need New Water Rule, Farm Bureau Tells Senate
The EPA’s latest proposal to define which waters can be regulated by the federal government and which by state and local authorities is a vast improvement over previous efforts, Wyoming…
Biotech Executive Order Vital for U.S. Agriculture-Industry Reaction
…the important and necessary role of plant breeding innovation in solving some of our most pressing agricultural and environmental challenges. The EO on innovation in agricultural biotechnology provides an important…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech EO
…technology. Together, USDA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have a Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and regulates these products for human,…
U.S. Pork Producers Seek Main Course, Not Crumbs
…every province in China, other parts of Asia and in Europe. Giordano said NPPC is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Customs and Border Protection to strengthen biosecurity…
The Western View: Part Two in the Water Wars
…second and final point was, the land that MWD bought south of Sacramento in the Delta presently does not provide water to them. They bought it for environmental reasons, and…
Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
…be harvested and for subsequent use of those cover crops for forage.” Background: For frequently asked questions regarding the USDA Risk Management Agency’s prevented planting policy and losses resulting from…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 06-07-19
…about updates to USDA biotechnology regulations. In this week’s Almond Update, Hillman talks to Tim Birmingham from the Almond Board of California about the 21st Annual Food Quality & Safety Symposium…
Addressing the Financial Challenges of Small Farms
…but looking it and being intellectually honest, I don’t see how you go any other direction.” Houston said that the goal of achieving particular environmental and safety outcomes would not…
Almond Beer Helps Industry Toast To FFA
…“We agreed that if we were going to do it, we would do it together.” Camou and fellow leadership program participant and Grow West’s Director of Crop Protection Lucas Schmidt…
USDA Proposes New Regulations for Animal Diagnostic Labs
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is looking to simplify the process for animal diagnostic labs to perform important livestock disease testing. The agency is proposing an update to…
California Wine Industry Reacts to Two Bill Passages
…from the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency.” The CAWG also applauded the passage of a bill that allocates…
Senate Committee Educated on Livestock Emissions
…the Environmental Protection Agency which demonstrate that all of the animal agriculture in the U.S. contributes less than four percent of all GHG emissions collectively. Transportation, electricity generation, and other…
Final EPA Rule Exempts Farms From Emissions Reporting
The National Pork Producers Council applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for finalizing its rule exempting livestock farmers from reporting to state and local authorities the routine emissions from…
