…of mechanized raisin harvest practices. The Central Valley currently supplies nearly all of the nation’s raisins, and exports to 50 countries. Recent graduate Kelli Williamson extended Dr. Petrucci’s legacy to…
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Announces Farm Bill Priorities
…the current farm bill is extended. Increase funding to combat invasive pests and diseases. The specialty crop industry strongly supports efforts to protect the domestic market from the increasing threat…
Bayer On Track to Acquire Monsanto
…Union (EU) had given conditional approval of the acquisition back in March. The European Commission now has an April 30 deadline to assess whether BASF is a suitable buyer for…
Trump Acknowledges Ag Pain Due to Tariff Talk
…told Politico that he would use all of USDA’s authorities to ensure U.S. agricultural interests are protected. One day earlier, Perdue said the prospect of an extended trade war might…
Livestock Waiver for ELD Mandate Extended with Omnibus Bill
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Trump signed also provided a livestock waiver for the implementation of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. The bill was passed on…
USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
…must have experience in providing agricultural education or other agricultural-related services for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2018. See the request…
NRCS, Partners Seek to Assist Bi-State Sage-Grouse Area Ranchers with Conservation through Partnership Project
…streams: one from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and one from the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The deadline for EQIP applications for the first sign-up period is April…
USDA/NIFA Announces Support to Relieve Veterinarian Shortage Situations
…criteria vary among programs. Pending Congressional appropriations, approximately $2.4 million will be available to support the VSGP in fiscal year 2018. The application deadline is May 18, 2018. For more…
House Committee Seeking Reauthorization of Animal Drug Legislation
…says both are crucial for ensuring that animal health, human health and food safety are protected. Failure to renew the laws by the deadline, according to NPPC, will result in…
House Bill Exempts Farms From Reporting Emissions
…to pass their respective commonsense, bipartisan bills as soon as possible.” The appeals court’s April decision originally set a Nov. 15, 2017, deadline for as many as 200,000 farms to…
Secretary Perdue Supports Agriculture Exemption Extension for ELD Mandate
…agriculture industry that lack flexibility necessary for the unique realities of hauling agriculture commodities. If the agriculture industry had been forced to comply by the March 18 deadline, live agricultural…
Trump Tells Canada he wants “Fair” NAFTA Deal
…better.” The NAFTA negotiations have a deadline of March 31st, before the Mexican presidential election in July and the U.S. midterm elections in November, but the talks can and will…
No Tariff Exceptions for Canada/Mexico
…dollar extended their recent losses after Trump’s comments. The peso dropped to its lowest level in two months while the Canadian dollar was at its weakest level since last July….
USTR Wants Renewal of Trade-Promotion Authority
…leaders, we believe there is strong support for such an extension, which would allow fast-track authority to remain in place until 2021.” The president has an April 1 deadline to…