…There is also a refund provision in the legislation that allows producers to receive their money back if they request it. The council would also be prohibited from engaging in…
Cargill Survey: Consumers Believe Their Food is Safe
…that food producers are taking the necessary steps to ensure that meat is safe for the grill. Another 87 percent of respondents believe that an animal’s diet can have a…
Perdue Applauds Red Tape Reduction for Farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the removal of a burdensome regulation that has long plagued family farms. The rule requiring producers to obtain Data Universal Number System (DUNS)…
Cotton Producers Reminded of May 31 CGCS Deadline
…is administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), cotton producers may receive a cost share payment, based on a producer’s 2016 cotton acres reported to FSA multiplied by 20 percent…
USTR To Review Thailand’s GSP Trade Benefits
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has agreed with a request from the National Pork Producers Council to review Thailand’s eligibility for the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences…
USDA Backs Off on Organic Checkoff Program
…overseen the program under the direction of USDA. It would have assessed organic producers with annual gross revenues of more than $250,000 to fund the program, which OTA estimated would…
Trump Exploring Exports Under RFS, Scaling Back Hardship Waivers, E15 Sales
…spark further trade tensions. But, the action by the White House would also allow for year-round sales of E15, a win for ethanol producers. Regarding the hardship waivers, which Senator…
Canada, China, Talking Trade
…for expanded market access for Canadian pork, beef and canola. MacAulay says the Chinese market offers “significant opportunities for Canadian agricultural producers and processors.” The trip comes as U.S. agriculture…
Perdue Names Bruce Summers AMS Administrator
…Bruce will build on his great record of success.” AMS administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops through voluntary…
Agri View: Who Loses in the Event of a Trade War?
…affected producers and who loses if one happens. Trade war, or no trade war. Look what the thereat has already done to farmers. Using statistics from Iowa. It cost an…
NCC: Farm Legislation Passage Much Needed
…Ron Craft, a Plains, Texas, ginner, said that legislation, recently approved by the House Agriculture Committee, includes critically important policies for cotton producers and the entire U.S. cotton industry. He…
Wheat Growers Talk Farm Bill with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
…the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Texas Wheat Producers Association, and Washington Association of Wheat Growers were joining the national officers on Capitol Hill. The Association notes that net farm…
Agri View: Agriculture Trade Problems
Everett Griner talks about trade problems in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses how this will affect export possibilities for the producers. Farmers were one of President Trump’s largest support groups…
Time is Nearly Up for Cotton Ginning Cost-Share Applications
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds cotton producers that time is almost up to apply for the Cotton Ginning Cost-Share (CGCS) program. The application window opened on March 17…