…that have low value in the U.S. market. China now imports cheese and wine, products that were virtually unknown in the country during the 1990s. China’s rapidly growing livestock sector…
Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December
The latest USDA Agricultural Prices Report shows lower prices as a whole for producers, and particularly for livestock, poultry, and egg farmers. Ag Producers Received Lower Prices In December …
Simple Procedure Aids Theft Investigations
Producers can do a simple procedure to help law enforcement if they ever experience shipping thefts like fictitious pickups. Procedure Aids Theft Investigations Thieves are hacking online information to steal…
Nevada Ranch Wins Environmental Stewardship Award
You may not realize the degree to which cattle producers depend on, and provide care for, the land on which they operate. But, each year the National Cattlemen’s Foundation and…
USDA Seeks Proposals for Market-Based Wetland Protection Systems
…banks established under this program will be used to help agricultural producers who need to mitigate wetland losses to maintain eligibility for USDA programs. NRCS is seeking applications from eligible…
Four Californians Selected to Air Quality Task Force
…quality conservation practices supported by USDA are based on peer reviewed research and are economically feasible for agricultural producers. The task force was formed in 1996 at the direction of…
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
…significant global concerns, the winners of the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge have used open government data to create an impressive array of innovative tools to help food producers and our communities…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…their products to be accepted by producers and have concentrated on innovations that bring direct benefit to farmers (and the food industry generally). One of the objectives for developing plants…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…of fruit and vegetable producers — Dole Foods, Chiquita, Driscoll Berries, Taylor Farms. But the distance between the two places could soon seem a little smaller, thanks in part to…
Attorney General Harris ‘Green Lights’ Signature Gathering Effort for High-Speed Rail Funds to Water Storage
…food producers, it will mean that wildlife refuges and habitats throughout the state will benefit from additional water when new droughts inevitably arrive. “The measure will give the system more…
Farmer Feedback Survey
…encouraged to take the survey, which takes about 10 minutes to complete. “The survey is open to all farmers, ranchers and producers in the U.S. and the link is online….
Agri View: Organic Food Scammers
…well as meat and vegetable producers, have been caught and cited for claiming and labeling food as organic. The reason is simple: Organic foods are more expensive. They often actually…
Almond Board: GAPs for Food Safety
…Food safety is a major concern for all food producers and handlers. According to the Almond Board, maintaining readily accessible records of all almond farm operations, and especially GAPs, is…
Consumer Nutrition
…Consumers are taking their demands right to the producers. And as registered dietician and nutritionist Nikki Putnam of All Tech notes, the producers are listening: “We’ve had some producers who…