…92,100 sold through May 2017, representing a five percent increase for the year. Farmers purchased 20 percent more two drive tractors under 40 horsepower in May, compared to last year,…
Agri View: What Worries People
…zoo animals. Soup Kitchen/CongerDesign/Pixabay More women than men answered the survey. If those participating had their way, there would be no meat on your table. That showed strongly in the…
Trump Administration Planning USDA Reorganization
…the Forest Service has the largest number of employees in any USDA division. Yet another proposal included combining the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service, which oversees meat, poultry, processed…
Agri View: Staggering Food Waste
…dairy products followed by meat. Meat waste totaled about 17 percent. If you put the amount you eat on your plate, the food waste would almost vanish. Think about that….
APHIS Wildlife Services Conducts First Field Trial of Feral Swine Toxic Bait
…we are committed to developing and using tools that are safe, effective and socially responsible.” Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) is a meat preservative commonly used to cure meats such as sausage…
FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill
…University economists, an FMD outbreak in the United States, which would prompt countries to close their markets to U.S. meat exports, would cost the beef and pork industries a combined…
USDA Announces $309 Million Investment in Rural Electric Utilities
…2018 Omnibus bill, President Trump has proposed a $200 billion infrastructure investment plan that allocates 25 percent ($50 billion) to rural projects. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established…
More Than 20,000 Dairy Farms Have Signed up for MPP
…Politico he expects more producers to enroll in the program, compared to last year. In 2017, roughly 20,300 dairy farmers enrolled in the program, accounting for 64 percent of U.S….
USDA and FDA Announce Key Step to Advance Collaborative Efforts to Streamline Produce Safety Requirements for Farmers
…have additional time to comply. The USDA Harmonized GAP Audit Program is an audit developed as part of the Produce GAP Harmonization Initiative, an industry-driven effort to develop food safety…
Last Chance to Complete the 2017 Census of Agriculture
…disclosing the identity of any individual producer or farm operation. For more information about the 2017 Census of Agriculture or to respond online, visit www.agcensus.usda.gov. Improved in 2017, the online…
Celebrating National Veggie Burger Day
…5th is National Veggie Burger Day. A veggie burger is a patty resembling a hamburger but is made with vegetable protein, soybeans, or anything else that does not contain meat….
Deere Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Precision Planting, AGCO
…infringe on Deere patents. AGCO acquired Precision Planting in September 2017. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Image of John Deere ExactEmerge(TM) planter from YouTube video (below)….
Census of Agriculture Deadline Looming
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is wrapping up data collection for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. To stay on track for data release in February 2019,…
Farm and Biofuel Coalition Demands that EPA Account for Lost Volumes
…have cut more than a billion gallons from the renewable fuel obligations for 2016 and 2017, which has a devastating impact on advanced biofuels. The excess RINs from EPA’s waivers…