…since August, when 81 percent of respondents felt their farms were in worse financial condition than a year earlier, it still indicates financial conditions have been worsening on most farms….
Record Attendance in Nashville as NCBA Members New Elect Officers
…NCBA members voted on new and expiring policy issues, and set policy priorities for the organization that will direct the efforts of NCBA in Washington D.C., and elsewhere. “The coming…
State Ag Directors Want NAFTA Fixes
…However, they’re urging the new president to address what they call a series of unfair practices. The state ag leaders have issues with how Canada classifies all U.S. wheat imports…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
…economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science,…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
…Mulhern. “The new secretary will have many issues on his plate of great concern to dairy farmers, such as fixing the dairy safety net program, developing export markets, updating child…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…off campus. “We want to create a community on campus to address issues of food security,” Schnier said. “We want to help engage students, faculty members and the community to…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…be in concert with our long-standing partner organization on trade issues, USDEC – and its new President and CEO, former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Vilsack’s familiarity with our trading partners…
Almond Matters: February Means Bloom Time
…haven’t been too cold to really affect bloom but Clay said growers need to start thinking about issues the rain can cause. “If these storms keep coming…managing diseases that are…
AFBF Pres. Duvall: Confirm Judge Gorsuch
…to regulating agencies, but should perform their constitutional role of interpreting the laws that Congress writes. That point alone is critical for many of the legal issues faced by farmers…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…issues facing rural America. We begin today by adopting the Committee’s Oversight Plan, Committee Rules, and the Committee Staff List for the 115th Congress. While we have many members returning…
Unified Bee Health Data Key to Finding Trends
…ABC has helped fund the tech transfer team program as it expands. “I also think it’s really important to note that the Almond Board support hasn’t only been financial. It’s…
Seed Trade Talks at Disney
…Cuba session or the breeding session, those ones that are quite informative,” he said. LaVigne added that some major issues facing the seed industry at this time are trade, plant…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…intended to pave the way for new negotiations. However, in the short term – and coming soon after serious trade policy issues with China – they could severely curtail U.S….
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…as it does every year. “I think the rain will cause some issues with moving hives in and out and in terms of supply, we always find that out as…