USDA will relocate two research agencies’ headquarters to the Kansas City area The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it will relocate two research agencies’ headquarters to the Kansas City area, delighting Kansas and [Read More …]
The National Milk Producers Federation welcomed USDA’s announcement that signup for the long-awaited Dairy Margin Coverage Program will begin June 17, applauding the department’s inclusion of the cost of high-quality alfalfa feed in payment calculations, [Read More …]
Employees and agency stakeholders united in opposition to move The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it plans to relocate employees at two of its research agencies from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City is a [Read More …]
Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town of Pound Hall The Oconto-Marinette County Farm Service Agency, along with Scott Reuss from University of Wisconsin-Extension, are hosting a Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) informational meeting [Read More …]
House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, and Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett issued the following statements in response to today’s announced relocation of the U.S. Department [Read More …]
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reported milk and feed prices that peg the April 2019 margin under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program at $8.96 per cwt, which would generate a payment that [Read More …]
Perdue: “I know [farmers are] discouraged, and many are facing difficult decisions” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on disaster and trade-related assistance: “Whether it’s because of natural disasters or unfair [Read More …]
Provides $19B in assistance to states and territories hit by a variety of natural disasters U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today commended President Trump’s signing of the disaster relief bill that will provide $19 [Read More …]
Proposals should be emailed to NRCS at [email protected] by June 14th USDA is making available up to $40 million in technical and financial assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands [Read More …]
Disaster relief bill will provide $19 billion in assistance U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today commended President Trump’s signing of the disaster relief bill that will provide $19 billion in assistance to states and [Read More …]
SECURE rule will modernize USDA biotechnology regulations with a balanced approach The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of a proposed rule titled “Movement of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms.” In preparing this [Read More …]
Seven members appointed to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the appointment of seven members to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion [Read More …]
U.S. Department of Agriculture holds largest-ever international trade mission June 4-7 Colombia and Panama are among the fastest-growing markets in the Western Hemisphere for U.S. farm and food products. American exporters seeking to tap that [Read More …]
Move gives Economic Research Service employees united front, bargaining power When you don’t want to move, you don’t want to move. That’s the message being sent to Secretary Perdue and the leadership of the USDA [Read More …]
Participate in the Water Matters Tours, scheduled for June 25 and 26 in Fennimore and Eau Claire, Wis., respectively. Each one-day session will include tours to area dairies and conversations with herd managers and other [Read More …]
USDA announces support for farmers impacted by unjustified retaliation & trade disruption U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in [Read More …]
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump [Read More …]
Consultant Larry Jones in New York reports on the June USDA advanced prices announced May 22. Based on the Boston price, he reports the Class I price increased $0.65/cwt. If commodity prices hold for the next two [Read More …]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced up to $16 billion in relief to U.S. agriculture as retaliatory tariffs from trading partners continue to disrupt U.S. export activity. International Dairy Foods Association president and CEO [Read More …]
Restored wetlands improve water quality downstream USDA is making available up to $40 million in technical and financial assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on agricultural lands. Restored [Read More …]
2020 Production of Most Animal Proteins Forecast To Increase Production for most animal proteins is expected to increase in 2020, compared to production levels of 2019. Among the factors driving higher production are producer responses [Read More …]
Large Crop and Low Price The first forecast for the 2019/20 corn crop is for record-high supply, slightly higher disappearance, and much higher stocks. Acreage is projected at 92.8 million bushels, based on the March [Read More …]
USDA is making available up to $40 million in technical and financial assistance to help eligible conservation partners voluntarily protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on agricultural lands. Restored wetlands improve water quality downstream and [Read More …]
USDA is investing up to $25 million per year over the next five years to help support the adoption and evaluation of innovative conservation approaches on agricultural lands. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is [Read More …]
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported for the third consecutive month that dairy farmers would receive a payout should they elect to sign up at the $9.50 coverage level under the new Dairy [Read More …]
According to the USDA, China bought $9.2 billion in U.S. agricultural exports in 2018 After U.S.-China trade talks broke off, President Donald Trump said that “conversations into the future will continue” but that new tariffs the [Read More …]
Freelance journalist Sherry Bunting has written about the recent Senate hearing on USDA’s school nutrition program. She shares her insights and concerns with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness about the “anti-real food” bias that continues to [Read More …]
USDA extends deadline for producers to certify 2018 crop production for MFP payments USDA extended the deadline to May 17 from May 1 for agricultural producers to certify 2018 crop production for payments through the [Read More …]
Designed to protect against a drop in crop revenue or yields due to price declines or crop losses, crop insurance policies are one of the most important risk management tools available to farmers. While [Read More …]
The transition to electronic identification in cattle and bison The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently working with federal, state and industry partners to strengthen its traceability system to protect the long-team health, [Read More …]
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