Leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee indicated there would be no additional money to spend in the next farm bill while touting the cost savings from the most recent farm…
Perdue Continues Midwest Outreach
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue over the weekend continued his outreach to the Midwest as he completed his second week on the job. The former Georgia Governor met with farmers in…
Farm City Newsday, Monday 5-8-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…to a dairy farmer from eastern Michigan who testified in Frankenmuth on Saturday at a Senate hearing. Darrin Siemen of Harbor Beach, Mich., told a Senate Agriculture Committee field hearing…
Canada Offers Potential U.S. Ethanol Export Growth
…of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) shared this information, as well as perspective on their experiences with ethanol policy, usage and benefits, in April with Canadian officials. The three…
Avian Influenza Found in Mexico
…15,000 birds that had been vaccinated and did not show any clinical signs of the disease, according to agriculture officials in Mexico. Reuters reports that the farm is under quarantine…
Senate Bill Would Protect Farmworkers
…broad talk in Congress of reforming immigration laws this year. The legislation would allow undocumented farmworkers who have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days in each of the…
Federal Policies on Rural Issues Gain Attention
…in agriculture, manufacturing and all of the food trades just basically came uncorked in some form or fashion.” “For a lot of sectors in agriculture, NAFTA is working well,” Moore…
Urban School Food Alliance Responds to School Nutrition Standard
…limited resources struggle to meet certain aspects of the Act. The flexibility outlined by the Secretary of Agriculture will be a great benefit to most of the nation’s school food…
Notice of Determination of Changes to the National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Program Standards. In a previous notice, the Agency proposed changes to…
Perdue Planning First Farm Policy Speech
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will speak in Iowa Friday, giving his first major farm policy speech. The Department of Agriculture says Secretary Perdue will travel to Nevada (nu-vay-duh), Iowa, to…
FDA to Address Agricultural Biotechnology Misinformation
…for the campaign, that comes after more than 50 agriculture and food industry groups had signed a letter last month urging the funding to counter “a tremendous amount of misinformation…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…Baldwin (D-WI), Angus King (I-ME) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the leading Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee. The House version’s supporters include: Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Simpson (R-ID), Sean…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
…Department of Agriculture. The department reported that zero acres had been planted in the state as of the week ending April 30. With the adobe clay soil he farms in…