Roughly 700 former Beef Products Inc. (BPI) employees have applied for financial aid from a fund created by a lawsuit settlement with ABC News. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports that…
Taking the Hassle Out of Using Grease Guns
…you take off your old coupler and put ours on and it solves all those issues,” said Boren. The technology was originally invented by a sugarcane farmer in South Africa…
GAO: USDA Should Increase Checkoff Program Oversight
…shown positive financial benefits, but the evaluations varied in methods they used to reach these conclusions and had certain methodological limitations. Examples of commodities covered by research and promotion programs…
Farmers Getting Only 11 Cents of Every Food Dollar
…average of $22.38 this year. Farmers have been feeling financial pressure for the last several years and Rob Larew, National Farmers Union senior vice president for public policy and communications,…
Almond Board: Thanksgiving Message
…organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In the 1950’s, the Board dealt primarily with compliance issues and, accordingly, was…
Fifth Round of NAFTA Talks Moving Slowly
…Canada and Mexico objected to. The U.S. is reported to be frustrated because Canada and Mexico are hesitating to give counter-proposals to U.S. positions on key issues. The U.S. has…
NAFTA Negotiators Focusing on Cars and Finances
…content rules for products like cars, as well as financial services. One of the most contentious proposals from the U.S. deals with rules-of-origin for cars. Those rules determine how much…
Biodiesel Board Responds to RFS RIN Concerns
A letter from the National Biodiesel Board to the Trump Administration seeks to clarify issues refineries are wanted addressed. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is holding the nomination of Iowa Agriculture…
USDA Offers Assistance to Protect Privately-Owned Wetlands, Agricultural Lands and Grasslands
…Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) plans to invest $250 million in technical and financial assistance to help private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups protect these valuable lands. The…
NAFTA Talks Again Underway
…least for the start of the negotiations. The Trump administration must still find a way to address Canada’s dairy supply management system, among other agriculture issues. The administration is hoping…
Fresno State Ag Mechanization Lab Gets Update
…a tour led by mechanized agriculture faculty member Ken Heupel. “Educational institutions, especially state universities and colleges, have pressing financial concerns, and Ken quietly expressed the program’s obvious needs,” Moller…
Labor, Guestworker Programs Lead Sustainable Ag Expo
…Philip Martin was brought back by popular demand for the twelfth year of the event to talk about current labor issues. Martin used the theme ‘back to the future’ last…
Secretary Perdue Supports Better Guestworker Program
Hillman interviewing Perdue about labor issues. United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue understands the importance of establishing an effective guestworker program and is optimistic about some of the progress…
Register for the Western Alfalfa and Forage Symposium
…Ag Issues Center at UC Davis, will deliver a presentation on hay export dynamics in the West Coast. Statewide Alfalfa and Forage Extension Specialist from UC Davis Dan Putnam will…