Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of five members to serve on the National Pork Board. The producers appointed to serve three year terms include: Brett Kaysen, Nunn, Colo. Steven R. Rommereim, Alcester, […]
The 69th annual South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show is wrapping up in Pierre today. Don Close is an animal protein analyst at Rabo AgriFinance in its Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory Group. […]
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is applauding after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced agricultural industries will receive a 90-day compliance waiver for the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. We visited with NCBA […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) North Dakota Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Brad Thykeson, today reminded farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that FSA county committee elections began Nov. 6, with the mailing […]
The nation’s two leading dairy organizations applauded Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Wednesday for allowing school districts to offer low-fat (1%) flavored milk as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs. An […]
After two years of dispute, the European Union has extended the license for glyphosate for five years. Representatives from a majority of the EU’s 28 nations approved the five-year license renewal of glyphosate, the most […]
The deadline to return Farm Service Agency county committee election ballots is approaching. The Department of Agriculture says eligible producers must return the ballots to their local FSA office, or be postmarked by December 4th, […]
Nearly 100 members of the National Biodiesel Board are on Capitol Hill this week encouraging lawmakers to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit, which expired in December 2016. As part of an annual fly-in to the […]
The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is mailing the 2017 Census of Agriculture to the nation’s producers this week. Conducted once every five years, the census aims to get a complete and accurate […]
New items added to the list of negotiation objectives include eliminating Canadian tariffs on U.S. poultry as part of the next round of North American Free Trade Agreement talks. The next round of negotiations, scheduled […]
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