…a farm is also a place of work, with machinery and livestock that can be dangerous. Children have to learn how to be safe, just as they have to learn…
Farm and Ranch Safety Week
…always more dangerous, but many farmers who are part time producers cannot invest in new farm equipment incorporating the latest in safety features. In fact, many farmers have old tractors…
$20 Million Committed to Innovative Conservation Projects
…producers in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and to assist those producers with implementing conservation practices by addressing land tenure issues and accessing NRCS programs. USDA is also seeking CIG proposals for…
California Small Farm Conference Begins This Weekend
…key challenges and innovative solutions with experts. •The Tasting Reception will be held Monday evening at 5:30pm for the general public. Over twenty local chefs, farmers, artisanal producers, beer and…
Livestock Review
California Milk Production California milk producers had a total of 1.78 million milk cows for January that produced 3.44 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is up 2 percent from…
NMPF President Testifies Before Senate Panel
…to the National Milk Producers Federation, whose president testified today at a Senate hearing on the lessons from how past trade agreements have been implemented. Jim Mulhern, president and CEO…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…Free Trade Agreement is partly responsible for expansion of this type of trade between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Sugar and tropical-product imports have exceeded livestock and livestock product…
Orleans Parish 4-H and Bayer to Break Ground on Pollinator Garden
…increasingly relying on bees, the world’s most heavily traveled livestock, to pollinate many of the foods required for a nutritious diet and the rich diversity of the flowers and plants…
Reports Positive for Garlic and Onion
…White rot disease has forced garlic and onion producers to abandon land in the Central Valley over the last several years. Garlic and Onion Research Advisory Board CEO Robert Ehn…
NMPF Supports New Senate Food Labeling Bill Approved Today by Agriculture Committee
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) today urged the full Senate to act quickly on legislation that would establish national regulations to bring consistency and transparency to the labeling of…
New Dairy Conference Focuses on Golden State
…got together and realized a need for a California dairy conference. University of California Davis Livestock Waste Management Specialist Deanne Meyer says a lot of research will be covered in…
Agri View: Food Prices
…of 2016,” Phillips said. Beef producers still face the lingering effects of the drought in the western Great Plains in 2012 and 2013, but as ranchers have focused on increasing…
South Africa Now Taking U.S. Pork
South Africa now is accepting U.S. pork exports. The National Pork Producers Council, which worked with the Obama administration to convince Pretoria to lift a de facto ban on U.S….
U.S. Should Be Better Prepared For Pests, Diseases
In testimony today, the National Pork Producers Council urged congressional lawmakers to work with the Obama administration to improve the preparedness of the United States to deal with a foreign…