A new survey shows what the true cost of wage and overtime increases for ag labor might be as producers make plans to adjust to the changes. California agriculture businesses…
NFU Board Calls on Congress to Assist Struggling Dairy Producers
As U.S. dairy producers continue to struggle with multi-year price lows and an inadequate safety net, National Farmers Union (NFU) is calling on Congress to provide meaningful support for the…
Funding for Smart Technology Innovations in Agriculture
…increase efficiencies in agribusiness, provide economic opportunities to workers and promote practices that sustain the environment. Increased secure access to information also helps producers meet the challenges of global population…
Dairy Organizations Applaud Congressional Letter to FDA
…and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), which thanked lawmakers for speaking out on the issue. In a letter written by Reps. Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Peter Welch (D-VT), and…
Fair Practices Rules Protect Contract Farmers
…The “Farmer Fair Practices Rules” published, of which there is one interim final rule and two proposed rules, will provide much-needed protections to contract farmers in the poultry and livestock…
Ag Groups React to Proposed GIPSA Rules
…a grenade in the building as he abandons it.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Jeopardizing U.S. livestock producers, USDA released…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…India; Mexico’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; France’ Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique;…
Wheat Growers Welcome Actions on China Trade
…wheat importers, and its farmers would still produce 90 percent of domestically consumed wheat. Opening the wheat TRQ would also allow private sector millers and food producers to import the…
Conaway: China’s Predatory Practices Harming U.S. Producers
Conaway House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement in regard to an announcement by by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that the…
USDA Rushing to Finish Organic Livestock Welfare Rule
The Department of Agriculture is “doing everything” it can to roll out the department’s organic livestock welfare rule before the Obama administration leaves office next month. The rule is currently…
Conaway Disappointed With USDA Midnight Rule-Making
…the livestock and poultry industries remain able to do business without the constraint of unnecessarily burdensome regulations. I will make it a priority to roll back these, and other midnight…
White House Issues ‘Midnight’ GIPSA Rule
…of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat. The National Pork Producers Council will work with…
USCA Urges Action on Farmer Fair Practices Rules
…Obama to continue work on restoring basic market protections for U.S. cattle producers. Late this year, the Department of Agriculture initiated the rulemaking process for the Grain Inspection, Packers and…
Consumers Set to Benefit from Lower Global Meat Prices
…Meanwhile, organizers of the report say U.S. producers head into 2017 grappling with potential changes with the country’s trade policy and further currency movements, adding more potential downward pressure. From…