…Dairy Council of California’s Board of Directors by Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. On his family’s farm in Tulare, California, Curti oversees operations for…
CCOF Annual Conference to Focus on Organic Hotspots
…Jaenicke have shown that median household incomes increase while poverty rates decrease in direct response to the amount of organic food and crop production in a given county. The data…
U.S. Cotton Industry Contributions to Cotton USA Play Critical Role in Developing Export Markets
…countries under its COTTON USA™ trademark. Last year alone, buyers and sellers throughout the global textile supply chain conducted more than 2,100 business meetings at COTTON USA events aimed at…
NPPC Commends USDA for Maintaining Essential Livestock Market Programs
…services provided by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Services also will continue as an essential activity, ensuring a key element of America’s food supply — safe, nutritious and affordable meat…
Secretary Perdue Outlines USDA Services in the Event of a Government Shutdown
…Food Distribution programs; The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), USDA foods for Child Nutrition Programs, and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP),…
USDA Announces Plenary Speakers for the 2018 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…2017 World Food Prize Laureate. Speaking at dinner on the first day is Dr. Mehmood Khan, Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer for PepsiCo. The plenary session will also feature…
USDA/NIFA Announces Support for Biomass Genomics Research
…support for research in plant feedstock genomics for bioenergy. NIFA’s support is funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which aims to address challenges in food and agricultural…
Ag Coalition Formed to Support NAFTA
…of Americans for Farmers & Families, noting that food and agriculture supports 43 million U.S. jobs and depends on trade with Canada and Mexico. The group was formed to “ensure”…
Agri View: Withdrawing from NAFTA
…jobs would dry up in the food and agriculture industries. The Gross Domestic Product would fall as much as 13 billion dollars from the farm sector alone. U.S. pork production…
Curbing Food Waste Helps Our Planet
…throws out roughly 20 pounds of food per month. What happens after that? Food waste decays in landfills, and methane gas is released in the process. Curbing food waste should…
Brazil Considers Dropping Tariff on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…But, the tariff was also seen as a retaliation to the U.S. ban on shipments of fresh beef from Brazil following a food safety scandal. The ban on fresh beef…
Organics Encourage Support for Livestock Rule
The organic food sector is drumming up support for the recently ditched organic livestock rule. Leading the charge, Organic Valley cooperative of Wisconsin says the group is demanding that the…
Trump Falling Behind on USDA Nominees
…relations. Open nominated positions remaining at USDA oversee administration, civil rights, nutrition, food safety, natural resources, research and the chief financial officer post remains vacant, according to the Hagstrom Report….
South Korean Market Demands American Beef in Record Numbers
…According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp, locally produced beef ribs are more than twice the price of American ribs. Australia experienced several years as the main beef…