…to LA, intensifying concerns. A key IPM tool in Los Angeles is minimizing standing water where mosquitos can breed. With year-round water flow irrigating vast landscapes and concrete drainages that…
Providing Perspective on the Annual Dirty Dozen List
…Thorne. According to sampling data from the United States Department of Agriculture and the Federal Food and Drug Administration, 99 percent of residues are well below the safety standards established…
NCBA Files Comments for Regulating Fake Meat
…were filed in response to Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Petition Number 18-01, encouraging USDA to look beyond modifying “standards of identity” in order to provide adequate protection for beef…
Federal Bill Aims to Prevent Local Regulation of Agriculture
…livestock diseases, while maintaining quality standards for agricultural products and ensuring food safety.” Critics of the bill argue that the effects of limiting state and local regulation of agriculture would…
National Groups Respond to Proposed Chinese Tariffs
…necessity, patient and optimistic. We know markets ebb and flow. But China’s threatened retaliation against last night’s U.S. tariff proposal is testing both the patience and optimism of families who…
Spending Plan Approved for Agricultural Equipment
…Cap and Trade program,” said Isom. The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, along with programs offered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service have been able to…
Trump Administration to Revise EPA CAFE Standards
…average fuel economy to more than 50 miles-per-gallon by 2025. Ethanol groups have supported the standards, known as CAFE standards, saying ethanol can help meet emissions targets. Growth Energy Monday…
USDA Decides on California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…structure of the California dairy industry through tailored, performance-based standards to determine eligibility for pool participation.” To address some of the questions or concerns producers may have about the California…
Cargill Installs Controlled Atmosphere “Stunning” System in Canada Operation
…better animal welfare standards in food production. There are also electric stunning systems available to processing plants. Both electric and atmospheric systems are acceptable, approved, and proven as more humane…
Spending Bill Includes Victory for Milk Labeling Standards
The omnibus spending bill passed by the House and Senate last week included language regarding milk labeling. The bill directs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take action against…
NCBA Encouraged by “Positive Developments” in Omnibus Spending Bill
…in the bill will equalize tax treatment of commodity sales to cooperatives and non-cooperatives, while also providing flow-through deduction from co-ops to their members similar to the old Section 199…
John Deere Concerned About Trade Retaliation
…would be very impactful on us.” Allen says about one-third of U.S. agriculture is exported. He notes that trade flow could be interrupted if President Trump would follow through on…
Rural Mainstreet Index Remains Positive
…of grain farmers are expected to suffer negative cash flow for 2018. This is down slightly from 12 months earlier. * The percent of farmland purchases for cash (not financed)…
USDA Announces Regionalization Agreement with South Korea
…with positive detections will help keep trade flowing,” said Greg Ibach, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. “The new science-based agreement will allow unaffected U.S. producers to keep…