…The concept of a federally mandated organic check-off program was initially proposed by OTA in 2015. USDA had officially proposed a nationwide organic check-off program back in 2017, but the…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 04-26-19
…is making it easier to transfer land, a study that says red meat has a safe shelf life of seven weeks and get an update on the recent ag trade…
Central Valley Meat Company Acquires Harris Ranch Beef
California’s largest cattle-raising operation, Harris Ranch Beef Holding Company, is being sold to the Central Valley Meat Holding Company. While the financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed,…
California Almond Acreage Increases in 2018
…at 1.09 million acres, which is up 6 percent from 2017. Total almond acres for 2018 is estimated at 1.39 million acres, up 2 percent from the previous yeari. With…
NCBA CEO Kendal Frazier Announces Plans for Retirement
…because of his service to cattlemen and cattlewomen.” Kendal Frazier When NCA merged with the National Livestock and Meat Board in 1996, Frazier was a member of the team who…
USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
…2018, Federal Register (PDF, 286 KB). In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could…
Legislation to Bring Cell-Cultured Meat Products Under USDA Jurisdiction
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith recently introduced legislation that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility of regulating, inspecting, and labeling cell-cultured meat products. The Cell-Cultured Meat and…
US Wins Another Dispute Over Chinese Trade Practices
…and medium-grain rice, wheat, and corn to the attention of the WTO back in August 2017. The panel report shows that China administers its TRQs outside of Accession Protocol obligations. …
USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the implementation status of the 2018 Farm Bill. President Trump signed this Farm Bill into law on December 20th, 2018 and the U.S….
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…2017. Average farm income is $43,053. A total of 43.6 percent of farms had positive net cash farm income in 2017. Ninety-six percent of farms and ranches are family owned….
Second Largest Final Grape Crush Report in Nearly A Decade
…Statistics Service (NASS) showed that the 2018 crush totaled more than 4.5 million tons, an increase of just over six percent from 2017. The data takes into account all the…
USDA Census of Agriculture One Week Away
Videos on how to use Census data are now available The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release the 2017 Census of Agriculture results…
New Report Highlights the Scale of Industry Concentration in Agriculture
…in just nine years; growing from 59 percent in 2008 to 84 percent in 2017. The impact of industry concentration on food service management was also highlighted in the report,…
California Climate Investments Make Progress on Emissions Goal
…2018, nearly doubling the $720 million of funding spent in 2017. Some of the cumulative outcomes of the program thus far include the preservation or restoration of more than 500,000…