…of families” in the state’s livestock industry. The school stems from a report in 2016 adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board detailing the shortages of large animal and…
Dairy MPP Enrollment Deadline a Month Away
…All dairy operations seeking coverage must sign up during the enrollment period. USDA also announced that dairy producers can participate in either MPP or the Livestock Gross Margin program for…
American Veterinary Association Pleased With House Farm Bill
…new authorizations and funding for a National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, The National Animal Health Laboratory Network, and a livestock vaccine bank with immediate attention to foot-and-mouth disease….
Perdue To Allow Modified FMD Virus Onto US Mainland
…our nation’s livestock, the live FMD virus was previously not allowed anywhere in the country except for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, where it was held and worked with…
Administrative Changes Made to the Livestock Indemnity Program
Agricultural producers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become eligible for a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance…
Agri View: Trade Problems with China
…back on meat imports could be a disaster for livestock farmers in America. We will know how it all plays out by the end of this summer. They is plenty…
Groups on House Agriculture Committee Approving 2018 Farm Bill
…the United States of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in livestock. FMD is an infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, pigs and sheep; it is not a food safety or…
Thune Seeks Livestock Indemnity Program Changes
South Dakota Senator John Thune has asked the Department of Agriculture to make urgent changes to the Livestock Indemnity Program to assist farmers and ranchers. In a letter to Agriculture…
Farm Credit Administration Releases Quarterly Report
…levels. The outlook for most livestock sectors remains positive although less favorable than 2017. Dairy producers will likely see greater losses in the near term, with higher global production and…
House Members from Across the Country Praise 2018 Farm Bill
…maintaining the crop insurance and livestock forage programs, our agriculture community will benefit from the legislation. I will continue to work with the Agriculture Committee on the bill and am…
Groups React to Farm Bill Proposal
…many parts of the world. “This is a great first step for the livestock industry,” said NPPC President Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio, and chairman of NPPC’s…
Peterson Introduces MPP Replacement Program
…farm income from 2017 to 2018, the largest decrease expected for any livestock specialization. Peterson says his bill, creating the new proposed risk management program, address the “shortcomings of MPP”…
USDA to Immediately Assist Producers for Qualifying Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program Losses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $34 million to help agricultural producers recover from 2017 natural disasters through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program…
Federal Bill Aims to Prevent Local Regulation of Agriculture
…California’s Proposition 2, which dictates the conditions of confinement for livestock and poultry. “The United States Constitution grants the power to regulate interstate commerce to Congress, not to California. Since…