USDA Announces Egg Product Inspection Modernization Effort
The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service says it is modernizing egg product inspections. This is the first effort to update the inspection methods since Congress passed the egg Products inspection Act...
Another Private Yield Forecast Predicts Record Crop
Another private crop forecast predicts a record corn harvest for 2020. Main Street Data forecast the 2020 national corn yield at 178.1 bushels per acre for corn. Despite setbacks from storms and a lack...
Farm Economy Outlook Depends on Trade, Evolution of Disease Outbreaks
The outlook for the United States farm economy depends on the implementation of new trade agreements and the evolution of animal and human disease outbreaks. The University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research...
Food Industry Stands with Trump to Keep Grocery Stores Open and Stocked
Food industry representatives spoke with the President over the weekend, as the U.S. grocery supply chain seeks to keep up with crisis demands. President Donald Trump urged consumers to "chill," saying, "You don’t have...
Ag Department Looking into Beef “Price-Fixing” Complaints
As the USDA’s probe into price-fixing allegations in the beef industry continues, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue would like some extra tools to deal with potential price manipulation across the industry. Perdue spoke during a...
Bill Would Give Producers Flexibility on Cover Crop Use
Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan introduced the Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020 last week. The legislation would permanently remove the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops...
NMPF Ready to Help Dairy Farmers Meet Coronavirus Challenges
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern says his organization is ready to help dairy farmers meet the challenges brought on by the coronavirus. Those challenges can include impacts on both the...
Trump Administration Seeks Endangered Species Act Changes
The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday announced a new method for conducting biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act. The change seeks to assure that pesticide registration review actions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
Dairy Farmers Descend on Capitol Hill
Dairy farmers from the National Milk Producers Federation are in Washington, D.C., this week visiting with lawmakers. The visits are part of a fly-in calling for an agricultural labor bill that could be reconciled...
Ag Events Postponed, Changed, Because of Coronavirus
Agriculture events planned for this spring are being impacted by the coronavirus spread in the United States. Alltech will transition ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference to a virtual setting because of the outbreak. In...
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