Courtesy Tyson Foods It appears that Tyson Foods will be the next meat company moving into the imitation meat sector. The company recently announced a series of plant-based and blended…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 06-21-19
…report on an increase in botrytis cases being seen in the field. Also, one of the three USMCA participants has ratified the deal. And first there was fake meat but…
‘Young Farmers Success Act’ to Relieve Agricultural Student Loan Debt
…program.” Previous iterations of the Young Farmers Success Act had been introduced both in 2015 and 2017 but were stalled in Congress. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is currently…
Secretary Perdue Announces New Dairy Margin Coverage Signup Begins June 17
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announces that signup begins June 17 for the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, the cornerstone program of the dairy safety net that helps dairy…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech EO
…April 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity “to ensure the informed exercise of regulatory authority that impacts agriculture and…
U.S. Pork Producers Seek Main Course, Not Crumbs
…a huge dent in the U.S. trade imbalance with China,” Giordano said. Instead, Chinese pork buyers are reaching out to those in Europe, Canada and Brazil for supplies. “What should…
Senate Committee Educated on Livestock Emissions
…since World War II.” The heightened focus on livestock emissions has created even more intense advocacy for meatless diets, under the erroneous assumption that it will have a significant impact…
Final EPA Rule Exempts Farms From Emissions Reporting
…Method, or FARM Act, fixed a problem created in April 2017 when a U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a 2008 EPA rule that exempted farmers from reporting routine farm emissions…
Corteva™ Separates from DowDuPont to Form Leading Pure-Play Agriculture Company
…and five regional offices in Calgary, Canada; Johannesburg, South Africa; Geneva, Switzerland; Singapore; and Alphaville, Brazil. More information about Corteva Agriscience is available on its new Investor Relations website: www.corteva.com/investors. Source:…
Industry Response to Ruling on Year-Round Sale Of E15 Gasoline
…USDA are expanding the ethanol market in the United States, we continue to fight for more export markets in Brazil, Mexico, China, and other countries across the globe. I applaud…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 05-31-19
…really good places to grow grapes, but it’s not feasible. Also, the NASS released the state and county summaries from the 2017 census data and there are a few highlights…
California Highlights in 2017 Census of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released summarized reports for the 2017 Census of Agriculture, focusing on state and county information. The California State and…
USDA Opens Signup for National Conservation Innovation Grants
…2017 CIG Project Multimedia Stories 2018 CIG Project Mulitmedia Stories Historically Underserved Producer Definitions View the project list Source: USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Sponsored Content Parka Helps California Citrus Growers Protect…
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Pays Dividends to American Farmers and Exporters
…Colombia nearly tripled from $1.1 billion to $2.9 billion in 2018. Despite its geographic proximity to major U.S. competitors Brazil and Argentina, Colombia, the third-largest economy in South America, purchases…