Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. Today’s show includes concerns over UFW’s use of Farm and Food Worker Relief funds and what’s…
Food Marketing, Security, Access Focus of Trio of Grants
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is now accepting applications for three grant programs. Rod Bain has details. Listen to USDA Rod Bain’s program here. Food Marketing, Security, Access Focus of Trio…
Expert on Domestic Corporate Ag Land
…Alliance, Food & Water Watch, HEAL Food Alliance, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Land Loss Prevention Project, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, National Family Farm…
Bird Flu Found in Texas Dairy Cows, NCBA Issues Statement
…milk is known to have entered the food chain; it has all been dumped. In the rare event that some affected milk enters the food chain, the pasteurization process will…
Consumers Think Food Prices Still Too High
…are behind high food prices. Purdue economist and co-author of the study, Brenna Ellison, says, “Consumers are frustrated with many downstream actors, like food manufacturers, grocery stores, and restaurants, feeling…
AgNet Weekly: Ag Policy Expert Fran Miller
Joining us this week is Fran Miller, senior staff attorney and professor with the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School. We’re talking about policy…
USDA Grants to Improve Organic Market
…that’s now at about four percent of the overall food market, which has grown significantly from where it was just a few decades ago at one percent,” she said. The…
Vilsack Urges Toning Down Anti-China Rhetoric, Citing Farm Exports
…to be opportunities for us to fill the void of where that grain would have otherwise gone.” Grassley said China will always need to import enough food to feed its…
Almond Update: Avoiding the ‘Monumental’ Navel Orangeworm Damage Seen in 2023
…patterns created poor pollination conditions and limited in-field sanitation practices. An inability to get into orchards for sanitation programs was also mixed with economic issues. Almond prices prevented many growers…
Researchers: Blue-Green Algae Can Protect Honey Bees
…colonies worldwide. These colony losses devastate beekeeping industries and pose a major risk to agriculture and the global food supply. While there are medicines for other bee diseases and parasites,…
International Complications for U.S. Exports
…A panel of experts discussed rebuilding export markets and overseas demand for U.S. agricultural goods at the Ag and Food Policy Summit hosted by Agri-Pulse in Washington D.C. Dan Halstrom,…
Global Direct-to-Consumer Food Market Growing
…from Research and Markets. The growth of the DTC food market is driven by the rising adoption of convenience foods, growing online purchases of food products, and the increasing number…
Egg Prices Climbing Again
Image by ElasticComputeFarm from Pixabay After several months of declines, retail egg prices are climbing again. Gary Crawford has more on This Land of Ours. Listen to USDA Gary Crawford’s…
Week in Review: Growers Anticipate Good Year for Citrus & California Grape Crush Increases
…Crush Report has been released for 2023, featuring increases in tonnage and average prices. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the latest agricultural headlines in your inbox every week….