…get their best ideas aligned with good agronomy, engineering and financial help, John and his farming partners, Teresa Kurtak and Mike Irving, called Jim Howard with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation…
NAFTA 2.0 Likely Not Done This Year
…divisions among negotiators from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada on difficult issues are driving a stake through the heart of President Donald Trump’s goal of signing a new agreement into…
Perdue Applauds Red Tape Reduction for Farmers
…or other communications from third-party vendors offering assistance for registering in SAMS or applying for a DUNS number. To learn more about NRCS financial and technical assistance, go to www.nrcs.usda.gov….
Lawmakers Renew Call for Completing NAFTA This Week
…issues including reducing the trade deficit, preventing job outsourcing and providing better market access to Canada for U.S. dairy farmers. The “skinny NAFTA,” Ujczo says, would fall in line with…
Nationwide Reveals Most Common Agribusiness Insurance Claims
…Insurance says that accidents, workers compensation and misapplication of chemicals or drift issues, have accounted for more than 50,000 claims over the last three years. However, over the past three…
USDA Backs Off on Organic Checkoff Program
…terminate the proceeding was “based on uncertain industry support for and unresolved issues with the proposed program.” The measure was backed by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), which would have…
OTA Comments on USDA Halting Organic Checkoff Proposal
…USDA says the decision is “based on uncertain industry support” for the program and “substantive issues” with the proposed program. The Organic Trade Association however says the USDA actions reflects…
Farmers Union Urges USDA to Proactively Address Farm Suicide Crisis
…noted that financial risk, volatile markets, unpredictable weather, social isolation, and heavy workloads can all place significant strain on farmers’ and ranchers’ mental and emotional well-being. Johnson highlighted USDA’s vast…
NAFTA Clock Is Ticking
…not the NAFTA nation’s top trade negotiators will be able to push that new deal across the finish line because a number of unresolved issues are still on the table….
St. Louis Fed Survey Shows Farm Income Down Once Again
…had off-farm income. More than half of the banks said that a quarter of their farmer-clients were in severe financial difficulty. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Agriculture Trade Problems
…issues that do a lot of damage to agriculture. It is easy to see that these executions could very well put all of agriculture into a very disastrous environment. Not…
UCANR Releases New Report for Raspberry Production Costs
…Agriculture and Natural Resources’ (UCANR) Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension provide important information for growers contemplating new commodities to grow. The latest study, “Sample Costs to Produce and…
NOW Sterile Release Program Moving Quicker Than Anticipated
…now,” Isom noted. The pilot program is taking place on approximately 2,000 acres in an isolated area of Kern County that is known to have issues with NOW. The moths…
First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support Issued by U.S.
…with India’s notification of its market price support for rice and wheat. These include issues with the quantity of production used in market price support calculations, the exclusion of state-level…