…survey can directly benefit producers themselves by helping leaders focus on what producers need to install conservation practices that are best for their operations environmentally and financially.” Over the past…
Ag Groups React to New GIPSA Rules
…Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined some of the new proposals and Ag groups are worried. Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council says the interim rule allows individual farmers…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…now estimated at 4.5 million bales, equivalent to 29 percent of total disappearance. The forecast range for the marketing-year average price received by producers of 63.0 to 71.0 cents per…
Peterson Named U.S. Wheat Associates President in 2017
…to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers and their customers.” Its activities are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding…
With Election Day Over, Farm Groups Push for TPP
…Producers Council and the National Corn Growers Association are pressing the current Congress to consider and approve the trade deal during the lame-duck session. The fate of TPP remains uncertain,…
FSA County Committee Election Process Underway
Ag producers in their local Farm Service Agency service areas are casting ballots for new FSA County Committee members through December 5th. Rod Bain has the story. election-process-underway…
Alberta Beef Producers Want TB Support
The Alberta Beef Producers organization is calling for financial support for ranchers as Canada investigates a case of bovine tuberculosis. Ag Canada reports the group recently said a significant number…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…their impacts. In 2014, USDA established seven regional Climate Hubs and three sub-hubs. The Hubs are set up to process science and research into information that is accessible to producers,…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…easy feat to get started in the business of farming and ranching. Through BFI, beginning farmers and ranchers connect with a variety of experienced producers and industry experts, who share…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…production. TPP supporters say the losses will be offset by giving U.S. dairy producers access to the Japanese market, but Von Ruden says “that access could evaporate overnight if Japan…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…(5) environmental factors and (6) pollinator habitat. Offers for the second ranking period also will be considered from producers who submitted offers for the first ranking period but were not…
USDA Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committee on Ag Statistics
…consists of 20 members representing a broad range of disciplines and interests including, but not limited to, agricultural producers, national farm organizations, agricultural economists, rural sociologists, farm policy analysts, educators,…
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…programs and eligibility. Producers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program to be eligible to vote in the county committee election. Approximately 1.5 million producers are currently eligible to…
Pesticide Conversations Already Happening with Schools
Newly proposed rules about the use of pesticides near schools could be just more hoops to jump through for producers. Many areas say growers are already having those pesticide conversations….