…expire for the current members of the Committee in 2017. The Secretary will select up to 20 members from across the agricultural community, including producers, processors, marketers, researchers, State and…
Study Shows Billions in Losses to U.S. Dairy Industry
…(GIs) to unfairly grant European food producers a huge commercial advantage, would force farmers and food producers outside of Europe to rebrand familiar foods with unfamiliar names. The resulting confusion…
Progress during National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month
…economies and are truly a win-win for America’s schools, farmers, producers, communities, and children. We will continue to work tirelessly until consistent access to nutritious food is a reality for…
Animal Monitoring Technology at World Dairy Expo
…by the cow and is uploaded to a centralized computer of the dairy. That info can be accessed by mobile devices and can let producers know when an issue might…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…of the industry, including fresh fruit and vegetable growers, shippers, wholesalers, retailers, industry trade associations, importers, processors, foodservice suppliers, brokers, state departments of agriculture, organic producers and marketers, and farmers…
Markets for U.S. Agricultural Products to Strengthen
…USDA investments in their community. More information on how USDA investments are connecting producers with consumers, expanding rural economic opportunities, and increasing access to healthy food is available in Chapter…
Brazil Opens Market for U.S. Corn Imports
…with an estimated 16 million metric tons less produced this year than the last growing season. This has halved exports and prompted imports from regional producers Argentina and Paraguay. To…
Consumers Want GMO Labels
…not, and relying on science as the guide.” Wal-Mart officials say food producers and retailers may have to educate consumers to close the gap between perceived and actual risk, but…
TTIP Deal Faces Uncertain Future
…even rejected an EU request for three days of agriculture talks. The National Pork Producers Council, which supports TTIP, said the group is skeptical of father progress of the trade…
Agri View: Farmer’s Almanac
Everett Griner talks about the Farmer’s Almanac and what it does for producers in today’s Agri View. Farmer’s Almanac Well the 2017 issue of the Old Farmer’s Almanac will be…
August Beef, Pork Exports Strong
…and 28 percent in value (to $85.8 million). Pork variety meat exports were 44,563 mt valued at $88.2 million – up 44 percent and 51 percent, respectively. “U.S. livestock producers…
States Recruiting California Dairies Again
…Expo is from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. AgNet West talked with North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, who said they specifically want to reach dairy producers here in…
Hog Outlook Turns Sour
…ranged from 8.20 for operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 10.60 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs. United States hog producers intend to have 2.93 million…
Sommet De l’Elevage is Under Way
…his job is, he pondered briefly before smiling and saying “keeping all producers working together. Some cattle farmers have individual ideas on what they want to do…and of course the…