…of combining biofuels with gasoline away from refiners. The order would require companies farther down the supply chain to handle that. Refiners have long-requested the change, saying the requirement has…
January Chicken and Egg Report
…from a year ago. Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 222 thousand during January 2017, up 50 percent from January 2016….
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
Fresno County Farm Bureau (FCFB) issues statement on water supply for county’s federal water contractors Statement by CEO Ryan Jacobsen: “Mother Nature has provided a bountiful precipitation season-one that will…
Starling Named Special Assistant for Agriculture
…farmers from doing what they do best: supplying the world with the most nutritious, affordable and abundant food available. “Growing up raising hogs on a farm in North Carolina that…
Analysts Say Bacon Shortage Not Likely
…Reuters more supply will soon be available. Industry analysts attributed low belly stocks to prolonged demand for bacon, as well as a decline in physical storage by speculators after the…
Help the Bees
Continuing her series on pollinators, Cathy Isom gives us five ways to help out some magnificent creatures that are vital to our food supply. That’s coming up on This Land…
Iowa Bees
…by these tiny, buzzing, black and yellow beauties are becoming sparse. And bee kingdoms are diminishing. That’s a major concern for the global food supply, because honeybees and other pollinators…
Ag Groups Respond to Pruitt Confirmation
…for – the environment while providing the safest and most abundant food supply in the world.” He goes on to say “Scott Pruitt will restore some common sense to environmental…
Immigration Crackdown Making Farm Labor Nervous
…The American Farm Bureau Federation says more than half of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and farmers are already coping with a decreasing labor supply in the Western U.S. due…
Rising Demand for Organic and Non-GMO Grains Outpaces U.S. Production
…both non-GMO and organic crops will continue to grow and, ultimately, monetary incentives will determine whether U.S. growers choose to close the supply deficit. Imports of organic grains from countries…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
…promote the resulting improvements in their dairy supply chain. The FARM Program has released several documents, videos and trainings to educate those interested in participating in the FARM Environmental Stewardship…
Cotton Council International Elects 2017 Officers
…supply chain.” Esteve, who moves up from CCI first vice president, succeeds Keith T. Lucas, a Garner, N.C., cooperative official, who becomes CCI board chairman. Esteve was born in Mexico…
Notice of Availability of Proposed Changes to the National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards
…recommended for the bacteriological examination of Salmonella in birds, amend the laboratory procedure recommended for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae, and add new diagnostic…
Dairy, Ag Groups Urge President Trump to Raise New Canadian Milk Pricing Scheme Issue in Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau
…trade relationship, and have deep concerns about proposed changes to the Canadian supply-side management system, which are designed, in part, to discourage U.S. exports.” Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO…