…on how USDA investments are connecting producers with consumers and expanding rural economic opportunities is available inChapter IV of USDA Results on Medium published today. USDA has strengthened programs that…
Pork Producers Support ‘CARB’ Recommendations
Recommendations for addressing antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a report issued last week by a White House advisory panel were welcomed by the National Pork Producers Council, which said U.S. pork producers…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…year. Nevada producers intend to plant 4,000 acres of corn, up 2,000 acres from a year ago. Cotton – California farmers were intending to plant 45.0 thousand acres of Upland…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
USDA Announces over $90 Million Available to Support Local Food Systems, Specialty Crop Producers The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $90 million in…
Agri View: Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop
…industrial applications. The main producers of soy are the United States (36%), Brazil (36%), Argentina (18%), China (5%) and India (4%). The beans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, alpha-linolenic…
Agri View: PETA Blasts FFA
…record straight by Amanda Radke in BEEF Daily In January, while more than 7,000 cattle producers gathered in San Diego, Calif., for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention, PETA activist Emily…
Challenges With ILRP Reporting
…the only real challenge they have seen so far is the deadline. Many of their producers are just starting to get busy as spring kicks in to gear and doing…
Milk Production to Increase Outside CA
…of the producers that came from Chino or wherever and bought two or three thousand acres of land in Tulare County, found out that they could plant almonds or walnuts…
Biofuel Trade Groups, Companies Commend Senators’ Action
…reduce harmful emissions and our reliance on foreign oil imports. As important, returning to the statutory levels intended by congress will provide the necessary certainty producers need to move forward…
Beef Association Names New Leader
…industry. I have spent my career working with and for beef producers, so I am well versed in the many challenges and exciting opportunities that face our industry. I’m looking…
Food and Ag Groups Express Optimism for New Opportunities in Cuba
…of expanding the Cuban marketplace for U.S. soy. The important thing to remember about checkoff funds is that they’re farmer dollars–they belong to producers to do with as best they…
Historic Agreements for U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Sectors
…agriculture in the United States and Cuba, USDA is advancing a new partnership for the 21st century between our two countries,” said Vilsack. “U.S. producers are eager to help meet…
Carbon Offset Could Make OM Incorporation Feasible
…agricultural waste for growers, and a little boost to a producer’s income. When growers remove an orchard, for example, these facilities would pay the producer for the organic matter. Funding…
Farmers Reminded to Respond to the 2015 Certified Organic Survey
…In early February, survey questionnaires were mailed nationwide to all known organic farms. Later this month, NASS will begin conducting telephone follow up with producers who have not yet responded….