…AMS website:www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/awap. For questions, please contact Jeffrey Waite, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture by email at Jeffrey.Waite@ams.usda.gov or by phone at (202) 720-4411….
USDA Partners with Dairy Innovation Center
…Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to jointly promote and…
McKinney Updates U.S. Grains Council on Trade Negotiations
McKinney USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Affairs, Ted McKinney, addressed the delegates and members of the U.S. Grains Council early this week. He gave them updates on ongoing…
USDA: Pesticide Residue Levels Show No Risk to Consumers
…all. The USDA report is one source of residue data that the Environmental Working Group uses to create its annual Dirty Dozen/Clean 15 rankings of fruits and vegetables. USDA says…
Sales Closing Dates Near for Most Crops
…safety net, and producers should talk with their agents to purchase their coverage before the sales closing date.” To prepare for this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk…
Foreign Competitors Increasing Spending on Ag Exports
…is one reason why organizations that participate in USDA cost-share export programs are calling for more funding of the U.S. program. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
What the Budget Bill Means for Farmers and Ranchers
…smaller portion of that money is intended to expand emergency USDA programs, such as those for livestock, conserving watersheds, and repairing the department’s facilities. House and Senate leaders were hoping…
NCC Survey Suggests U.S. Producers to Plant 13.1 Million Acres of Cotton in 2018
…20 31.6% California 215 212 -1.3% New Mexico 8 8 4.8% Texas 14 14 2.9% ALL COTTON 12,612 13,078 3.7% 1/ USDA-NASS 2/ National Cotton Council…
California Federal Milk Marketing Order Delayed Again
…the USDA ruling stems from the 2015 California hearing proceeding in Clovis, which was presided over by an administrative law judge. USDA believed Judge Clifton to be its employee and…
NRCS Specialist Returns from Retirement to Assist Wildfire Relief Efforts
Communities in northern and southern California continue their ongoing wildfire relief efforts. To facilitate the process the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) called on the expertise of Rich Casale,…
NRCS and the Rice Stewardship Partnership Helping Central Valley Irrigation
…partnership with private landowners and a variety of local, state and federal conservation partners to deliver conservation based on specific, local needs. Please visit www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov<http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/ for more information about NRCS….
USDA February WASDE Report
The latest monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from the Department of Agriculture shows lower estimated soybean exports for the 2017-18 crop year. USDA lowered soybean exports…
Cruz Hold on Northey Continues
…Northey as the USDA undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services since October of last year, wanting to reach a deal on biofuel credit prices under the Renewable Fuel Standard….
Food Apps to Cut Down on Food Waste
…other hunger-prevention organizations. And finally the USDA Foodkeeper app – which is helpful when freezing ground beef, for instance, and in three months, you’ll be reminded that it’s use-it-or-lose-it time….























