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CREAATE Act to Support Market Development for Ag Exports
Agricultural groups have issued support for the CREAATE Act and its purpose to support further development of export markets. The Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act…
Latest Data Shows California Farm Receipts Increased in 2021
…2023 when the California Agricultural Statistics Review is published. Reports detailing agricultural exports and organic sales data for 2021 will also be released early next year. California farm receipts also…
Over $872 Million of Climate-Smart Commodities Projects Involve California
…ensure producers and local communities are fully prepared to engage with climate-smart commodity markets. A total of 450 proposals were submitted to the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities for the first…
Cotton Program in USDA Partnership
…the USDA Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities pilot projects. The project will build markets for climate-smart cotton and provide technical and financial assistance to over 1,000 U.S. cotton farmers to advance…
USDA Announces Climate-Smart Partnership Projects
…climate change.” These initial projects will expand markets for climate-smart commodities, leverage the greenhouse gas benefits of climate-smart commodity production and provide direct, meaningful benefits to production agriculture, including for…
Ag Groups Raise Concern Over Damage A Railroad Strike Would Have
…ten percent of the global exports of wheat,” the letter states. “A freight rail stoppage would occur as America’s farmers harvest their crops and would exacerbate global food insecurity and…
Specialty Crop Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill
…consumers. SCFBA also raises the issue of trade and foreign competition as being an important consideration. Addressing unfair foreign competition, promoting American crops in international markets, and eliminating trade barriers…
USDA Releases Updated Trade Projections for 2022-23
…which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. Agriculture exports for 2023 are projected at $193.5 billion, with imports at $197 billion. The export forecast is $2.5 billion…
New Program for Underserved, Minority Farmers
…Department of Agriculture seeks to support projects that help underserved producers. The program supports projects that enable producers access to land, capital, and markets, and train the next diverse generation…
Ukrainian Grain Shipments Helping Global Supplies
…and that corridor could go away at any particular time.” However, the exports from Ukraine are improving global supplies. “USDA increased Ukraine’s exports of wheat three million metric tons, about…
‘Really Thoughtful Comments’ at Farm Bill Listening Sessions
…improving export markets damaged over the past few years. “Then it was interesting for me today how many folks talked about research. Research for automation. Research for all the invasive…
USDA Details How Organic Transition Initiative Will Take Shape
…and secure markets for their products,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a press release. With some of the funding support coming from the American Rescue Plan, USDA has identified…
Fall Propane Supply Outlook
…corn, Newland says propane suppliers are well-equipped to meet increased demand. “Propane is produced domestically, we’ve got a lot of supply. We do export over 50 percent of the propane…