…producers receive the law’s financial protections, regardless of whether they sell at a fixed-facility location or through an online video auction. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Analysts Question Bayer-Monsanto Merger
…billion deal consolidates the biggest seed and chemical producers in the industry. Elai Katz is an antitrust attorney at a major New York City law firm, and he said antitrust…
Agri View: Chicken or the Egg?
Everett Griner talks about the problems facing egg producers in today’s Agri View. Chicken or the Egg? Although we depend on or farmers to keep us the best fed country…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
…for growth in production as existing organic producers are transitioning another 151,000 acres nationally to organic production. “In the 2015 Certified Organic Survey, producers reported that they expect to expand…
Research Targets Olive Knot Strategies
…here. Now in its third year, the project examines how the Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoibacterium–which causes olive rot knot– spreads, how producers can best manage the disease, and tests new…
TPP Pork Producers’ No. 1 Priority During Fly-In
…the biannual legislative fly-in of the National Pork Producers Council. In addition to the TPP, more than 130 producers from 20 states Wednesday and Thursday urged their senators and representatives…
Livestock Groups Launch Website on Antibiotic Changes
…groups include the Animal Health Institute, the National Pork Producers Council, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and the Animal Agriculture Alliance. A news release from the Animal Health Institute says…
American Agricultural Trade with Cuba
…many believe that lifting the financing restrictions on agricultural trade could improve the daily lives of Cubans while also helping American agricultural producers who are experiencing one of the greatest…
State Ag Officials Seek OSHA Enforcement Extension
…concerned this change will dramatically impact agricultural producers and small, rural anhydrous ammonia retailers. During a time of low commodity prices and increased input costs, the policy could increase the…
California Governor Signs Farm Worker Overtime Bill
…workers to lose wages. Producers will have to cut down on costs of production and they’ll reduce worker hours and may even plant crops that don’t require as much labor….
U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China
…joined the WTO, it committed to limit this kind of trade-distorting support, which it has failed to do. This has resulted in significant losses to American producers. We see substantial…
Pork Producers Can Challenge Information Release
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that pork producers can challenge the public release of their water pollution permit applications. The Courthouse News Dot Com website says those applications…
USDA Seeks Nominees to the National Dairy Board
…be submitted by Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint 12 dairy producers to serve three-year terms beginning Nov. 1, 2016, and ending Oct. 31, 2019. The…
Conaway Applauds Initiation of Enforcement Action Against China’s Agricultural Subsidies
…wheat production. Chairman Conaway convened two full committee hearings last year (June and October) to review foreign agricultural subsidies and their detrimental, trade-distorting impact on American agricultural producers. Conaway has…