…is a little space in your yard. No, it isn’t bad for your land. It is good for it. It doesn’t cost a fortune. As a matter of fact, it…
Perdue Signals Aid Plan Announcement Possible Around Labor Day
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in Chicago this week says he is hopeful his aid program for farmers will be released by Labor Day and the harvest season. Perdue spoke at…
Agri View: Unusual Farm Technology
…both languages. It could be used for social information as well as business. Best of all. It didn’t cost thousands of dollars. He can carry it in his shirt pocket….
Agri View: Pork Exports to Other than China
…embargoed items is pork. It can cost U.S. hog farmers millions of dollars. No one knows how to deal with it, as long as it last. There is good news…
Ganaz, GroGuru Win Radicle Automation Challenge
Answering the call to help solve agriculture’s severe labor shortage, Western Growers and Radicle Growth today awarded Ganaz and GroGuru each with $250,000 in seed funding to advance their automation…
NPPC Wants Regulations Reined In Further
American pork producers are facing the triple-whammy of declining income, a growing labor shortage, and volatile markets caused by trade disputes. They don’t also need to contend with costly red…
CFBF: Farm Bill and Immigration Bill Bring Benefits for California
…use of the E-verify program and what that would do to the labor pool was also a substantial concern. “Even though we now have significant shortages of workers, at least…
Trump Reorganization Plan Offers Big Changes to USDA
…would also merge the education and labor departments of the federal government, move the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works from the Department of Defense to the Department of Transportation…
Groups Respond to House Passage of 2018 Farm Bill
…a solution for the very serious ag labor shortage, increasing market opportunities through trade and cutting the burdens of regulations that have piled up during previous administrations.” From National Pork…
American Farm Bureau Board Votes Unanimously to Support Goodlatte AG Act Provisions
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s board of directors voted unanimously to support House passage of H.R. 4760, a broad immigration bill, based on the strength of agricultural labor provisions included…
Frozen Produce Just as Nutritious as Fresh
Frozen produce can provide essentially the same vitamins, minerals, and taste of fresh produce while costing less in dollars spent at the grocery store and food waste. Opting for frozen…
Perdue to Keynote United Fresh Event
…agriculture. Labor issues, and trade, such as NAFTA, are top issues for United Fresh members. Secretary Perdue will speak at the United Fresh 2018 Keynote Breakfast Tuesday, June 26th, during…
Agri View: Vidalia Onions
…had a good year. Overall, the size and quality gets a good rating. The Vidalia, like most other crops, is a labor intense crop. It takes a lot more than…
Livestock Groups Happy with FMD Funding in Farm Bill
…FMD outbreak in the United States, it would cost the beef and pork industries a combined $128 billion over ten years. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….