…water for communities and wildlife,” Vilsack said. “This latest investment is yet another example of how voluntary, incentive-based conservation programs are benefitting both producers and our natural resources.” This year,…
Dairy Groups Detail Importance of Dairy Trade
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) sent a joint letter today to President-elect Donald Trump outlining the importance of exports to the U.S….
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…encouraging all sheep producers selected as survey participants to submit information to USDA. Operators surveyed will be asked to provide information about their sheep inventories, counts of lambs born during…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
…That’s welcome news for corn farmers, but National Chicken Council President Mike Brown said it puts U.S. chicken producers “one drought, flood or freeze away from another crisis.” He told…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…global slowdown,” he said. The bull market for commodities started in 2009 at the end of the global financial crisis. Crop farmers and livestock producers all raised their production efforts…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…taxes. However, cattle producers face a number of unique challenges specific to agriculture. “Ranching is a debt-intensive business, making the U.S. livestock industry especially vulnerable to the estate tax,” said…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…Commission later sued the producers of the product for false and deceptive advertising. Further, in April 2015, a group of 10 prominent physicians wrote to the Dean of the Faculties…
Feed Inspection Advisory Board Vacancies
…and questionnaire via email to brittnie.sabalbro@cdfa.ca.gov or by mail to: California Department of Food and Agriculture Feed and Livestock Drugs Inspection Program Attention: Brittnie Sabalbro 1220 N Street Sacramento, California…
California Fighting Global Warming on the Backs of Dairy Farmers
New legislation in California has some fearing many dairy operators will leave the state. The law signed in September requires livestock operations in California to reduce methane emissions 40 percent…
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Wisconsin Dairy Bull Calves
The Centers for Disease Control has linked a multi-state salmonella outbreak of a multidrug-resistant salmonella strain to dairy bull calves from livestock markets in Wisconsin. The CDC says it is…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…Any trade war that would develop during the Trump administration would significantly hurt U.S. agriculture exports, and the National Pork Producers Council says the pork industry would be forced to…
November 2016 Farm Income Forecast
…(up $0.6 billion or 10.6 percent) and miscellaneous livestock (up $0.2 billion or 2.9 percent) receipts both grew. Direct government farm program payments are projected to rise $2.1 billion (19.1…
November Dairy Market Report
Four straight months of rising milk prices and three straight months of falling feed costs have brought some financial relief to U.S. dairy producers from the tough conditions of early…