…percent import tax on Mexican goods to cover the cost and the consideration of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Ag Groups Respond to Pruitt Confirmation
…like E15. Ethanol is the lowest cost, cleanest and highest octane source in the world. We encourage Mr. Pruitt to work with us to ensure consumers have more choices at…
EPA Defends RFS Implementation
…importers to blenders. Petroleum interests say it would spread the cost of compliance throughout the industry, but the EPA said it would take the number of companies that need to…
Congress Reintroduces Legislation to Cut Red Tape For Conservationists
…these time-consuming requirements complicates conservation delivery and can discourage landowners from participating in NRCS cost-share programs. “These are the producers trying to do the right thing by seeking out assistance…
House Agriculture Committee Approves Two Measures
…permitting process under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to pesticide applications that were already fully regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This resulted in costly and…
Immigration Crackdown Making Farm Labor Nervous
…may also mean rising grocery costs for consumers. A recent Farm Bureau study shows enforcement-only immigration policy without reforms that benefit farm labor could increase food prices by as much…
Agri View: ‘Fat’ People
…is because we are the best fed nation and the food cost less here. You can contribute the best fed and the cheapest to our farmers. But if we are…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
…identify opportunities for changes that could increase their farm’s sustainability and reduce their cost of production. Dairy cooperatives and farmers wishing to use the ES module can opt in through…
Gift Ideas with Bacon
…online and step by step guides, otherwise it will cost about $45 bucks for someone else to make them for you. Other unique gift ideas, include chocolate-covered bacon, bacon candy,…
Agri View: Food Price Index
Everett Griner talks about the current Food Price Index costs trends in today’s Agri View. Download Food Price Index Our Department of Agriculture maintains a Food Price Index. It is…
Dairy, Ag Groups Urge President Trump to Raise New Canadian Milk Pricing Scheme Issue in Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau
…below cost in competition with U.S. dairy exports. The Ontario program has already cost U.S. companies $150 million in exports, thereby harming the American dairy farmers, dairy plant employees and…
Cargill Plans to Expand and Upgrade Canada Beef Processing Plant
…the cost of the expansion project by contributing nearly $500,000, a move Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said will help the province remain competitive, according to online…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…roses nowadays come from Colombia and Ecuador, where production costs are lower, he said. “We’ve been able to pivot toward other crops that continue to be successful for us and…
Agri View: Political Winds
…likely be involved in changes that regulate migrant labor. It is too soon to know what changes we can expect but agriculture officials have already made it known that there…






















