The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is seeking full withdrawal of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule, now delayed until January. AFBF President Zippy Duvall this week in a…
Organic Livestock Rule Delayed Until January
The U.S. Department of Ag announced it will delay the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule until January 19. The Hagstrom Report says the announcement was strongly criticized by several…
Delay Sought for Reporting Farm Air Emissions
…U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, all livestock farms, not just CAFOs, are required to report. Between 60,000 and 100,000 livestock and poultry farmers will need…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Grain, Ethanol Markets
…wheat market. Soybean farmers are chasing Brazil, the world’s top supplier, but growing demand for livestock feed will help sustain growth. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
NIFA to Invest in Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
…U.S. livestock industry an average of $20 million annually. As a result, the team developed and evaluated a sterile male screwworm strain to help manage the buffer zone along the…
U.S. Must Make Commitment to Agricultural Research
…she added, U.S. agriculture remains vulnerable to emerging and foreign animal diseases. A disease the pork industry and other livestock sectors are particularly concerned about, Wagstrom testified, is Foot-and-Mouth Disease…
Sommet de l’Elevage Report on “This Week in Agribusiness”
AgNet Media Founder and President Gary Cooper attended the Sommet de l’Elevage in France. The Sommet is the European Union’s largest livestock exposition, featuring competitions, workshops and nearly 1,400 exhibitors….
Trucking Industry Bracing for ELD Mandate
…Council has asked for an exemption based on what it calls “an incompatibility” between federal hours of operation rules and how the livestock industry actually operates. The request states: “Livestock…
EPA Releases Guidance on Air Emissions
…same 24-hour period, must report those releases. The EPA guidance information, available on its website, includes resources to help farmers calculate emissions from each species of livestock. From the National…
USDA Offers Help to California Agriculture
…livestock death and feed losses, risk coverage for specialty crops, and repair of damage to agricultural and private forest land. The wildfires have impacted seven counties in California’s wine country….
Wildfire Recovery Resources Listed on CDFA Web Page
…Management Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Development agency. Additionally, expertise and assistance on particular subjects (e.g. re-seeding, erosion & flooding, livestock, salvage logging, or reforestation) may…
Farmers in Wildfire Zones Assess Impact
…lot of ranchers that lost livestock and lost a lot of fencing,” Pauli said. “Barns were damaged by winds or burned down. There were a lot of vineyards that were…
NRCS Streamlining EQIP Applications for Fire Recovery
…available to them.” FSA’s suite of safety-net programs to help producers recover from eligible losses includes: Livestock Indemnity Program; Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program; and Tree…
NIFA Biotechnology Grants Put Science at Center of Food Safety Policy
…State University looked at ways to stop the northward spread of screwworm from South America. During the past century, the presence of screwworm cost the U.S. livestock industry an average…