…promising development. USDA’s Rod Bain has the story. What Will Drive Animal Disease Traceability Advancements? Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt…
Funding to Increase Access to Education, Workforce Training and Health Care Opportunities in Rural Communities
…For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov. Source: USDA/Rural Development Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt Ramsey November 4, 2025 CIR Agriculture Harvester…
USDA Planning Trade Aid Round Two Distribution
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is readying round-two of trade mitigation payments for farmers. The payments are the second half of the $12 billion program by the Trump administration to…
Pumpkin Production Strong for Fall Holiday Season
It has been a successful season for California pumpkin production, as growing conditions remained favorable leading up to harvest. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), initial reports for…
Perdue Talks Possible Trade Aid Adjustments
USDA is considering the possibility of adjusting direct payments to producers who’ve been hurt by the trade war. The adjustments may include factoring in hurricane damage after southeast U.S. producers…
No USDA Trade Aid Planned For 2019
The Trump Administration has no plans in place for 2019 to give any more aid to farmers hurt by tariffs. Bloomberg says that’s based on assumptions that markets will recover…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted increased milk production in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report for October. Milk production forecasts for 2018 and 2019 have been…
Grassley: No Trade Aid for Smithfield Foods
…dollars stay in U.S. hands, regardless of their intended target. In an email, a USDA spokesman says the agency doesn’t have the ability to make sure relief money doesn’t eventually…
USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables
On November 2, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report. USDA will…
Federal Agencies Combine Resources for Food Waste Initiative
A new joint agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative was recently signed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the…
USDA/FDA Meeting on What to Call Cell-Cultured Meat
Politico says a recent two-day joint USDA/FDA public gathering on cell-cultured food technology boiled down to a simple question. If it looks like meat and tastes like meat, can you…
Preparing the Garden for Next Year’s Crop
…to do it. If you only have a short fall-to-winter transition, such as in USDA planting zones 5 or less, you may want to put your new plants in pots…
USDA Announces 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…room rates, join the pre-forum field trip, or apply for the USDA Future Leaders in Agriculture Program. Follow the conversation at #AgOutlook on USDA’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Source: USDA…
China-owned Smithfield Foods Eligible for U.S. Trade Relief
…it met USDA’s eligibility standards, while pointing out that Smithfield is still a U.S.-based company employing thousands of Americans and that its U.S. meat products are made in its nearly…