NDFB President Daryl Lies Calls for Action at 82nd Annual Meeting
Bismarck, N.D. – “What does advocacy for agriculture look like? It looks like NDFB!” declared NDFB President Daryl Lies, as he addressed attendees at the general opening session of the 82nd Annual Meeting, held November 22-23 at the
Surprising Picks for USDA Secretary: Brooke Rollins and Kelly Loeffler Amid Conflicting Reports
UPDATE 4:21pm CST: President-elect Trump has nominated Brooke Rollins to be the new Secretary of Agriculture. See our original story below and our new reporting can be found here: https://americanagnetwork.com/2024/11/brooke-rollins-nominated-for-secretary-of-agriculture/ President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of
NPPC Celebrates Senate Passage of Beagle Brigade Act, Urges House Passage
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 22, 2024 — The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) celebrated the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of S.759, the Beagle Brigade Act, which provides statutory authority and reliable funding to the National Detector Dog Training Center. “American
DANR Hosting a Virtual Meeting on Draft General Water Pollution Control Permits for CAFOs
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) is in the process of reissuing the general water pollution control permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) and is hosting a virtual meeting
Ground Beef Linked To E. Coli In MN Being Recalled
(St. Paul, MN) — A meat packing company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef linked to an E. coli outbreak in Minnesota. The USDA has ordered Wolverine Packing Company to recall 167-thousand pounds of ground
Van Orden Calls Out USDA for Abandoning Wisconsin Poultry Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack refused to answer a letter sent by Rep. Van Orden and a number of his
The Cotton Haul of Fame: BASF Opens Enrollment for Exclusive One Ton Club and Truck Lease Sweepstakes for 20th Year
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, November 21, 2024 – BASF invites cotton farmers who yield one ton or more of cotton during the 2024 season using FiberMax® cotton seed to join its exclusive FiberMax One Ton Club™, now in
‘Dicamba Cannot be Fixed’: Senate Democrats Push to Keep Weedkiller Banned
The EPA is facing renewed pressure to deny applications re-registering a controversial weedkiller from three of the biggest crop protection companies. Three Senate Democrats are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to deny applications to re-register the herbicide
Senators Urge Disaster Help for Farmers, Slam USDA’s Take on Farm Income
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Senate appropriators argued for more disaster help for farmers while slamming USDA’s positive spin on net farm income during a committee hearing. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres-Small insisted recent net farm income has been
Corn Earworm Building Up More Resistance to Crop Protection Efforts
To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops have been genetically engineered to produce bacterial proteins that kill key pests but are not harmful to people or wildlife. However, widespread planting of such transgenic