USDA

More than $7 billion paid in second round of CFAP

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

CFAP 2 is a separate program from the first iteration of CFAP U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that in the first month of the application period, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) [Read More …]

Have You Taken Action on the Dietary Guidelines? Want to Learn More About Them?

October 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are updated just once every five years, and they have significant influence on federal nutrition programming, such as school breakfast and lunch. Right now, we are at a critical juncture [Read More …]

Disaster recovery assistance deadline: Oct. 30th

October 29, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA FSA launched a new tool on farmers.gov to help producers with the application process The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds producers that the deadline to submit applications for disaster recovery assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane [Read More …]

USDA Authorizes $500 Million in New Round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program

October 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today it is authorizing $500 million, as provided through the CARES Act, to support Round 4 of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The program is dedicated to purchasing [Read More …]

New Rule Makes Enhancements to Environmental Quality Incentives Program

October 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the final rule for its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The rule updates USDA’s flagship program as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill and integrates feedback from [Read More …]

USDA Stuns The Market With Dramatic September Surge In U.S. Milk Output

October 27, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending October 23, 2020 USDA stunned the market on Tuesday, reporting a dramatic surge in U.S. milk output last month. September milk output reached 18 billion pounds, [Read More …]

USDA Offers Secure New Options for Signing and Sharing Documents Online

October 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Farmers and ranchers working with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) or Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) can now sign and share documents online in just a few clicks. By using Box or OneSpan, producers can [Read More …]

NRCS Announces EQIP Signup for 2021 Funding

October 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Apply by November 20, 2020 Providing Conservation Practices to Protect Natural Resources Farmers and forest landowners will want to plan ahead and sign up early for USDA conservation funding. Angela Biggs, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) [Read More …]

Reviewing State-Level Farm Economic Conditions

October 19, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA’s most recent Farm Income Forecast, released Sept. 2, provided an update on 2020 farm income projections, as well as the first estimates of state-level farm financial conditions for 2019, e.g., Farm Cash Receipts Forecasted to [Read More …]

Dairy Margin Coverage Program enrollment opens Oct. 13

October 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Enhancements to online dairy decision tool now available The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 for 2021 enrollment. “This year has been [Read More …]

USDA Releases Payment Data for CFAP2

October 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA has provided the first peek into how payments are shaking out under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2. Late last month the administration announced details of the $14-billion-dollar program that will provide direct payments [Read More …]

USDA Grain Stocks and WASDE Shock Markets

October 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Following USDA’s release of the September 30 Quarterly Grain Stocks Report that lowered old-crop corn and soybean inventory levels well below pre-report expectations, and subsequently shocked the market leading to a sharp price rally. Today, adjustments were [Read More …]

USDA Seeks New Partnerships to Safeguard, Restore Wetland Ecosystems

October 8, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced up to $30 million is available in technical and financial assistance through the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP) to help conservation partners protect and restore critical [Read More …]

USDA, FDA agree to enhance collaboration on U.S. dairy exports

October 7, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

MOU will facilitate the export of milk and milk products from the United States The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [Read More …]

U.S. dairy exports to benefit from new USDA-FDA partnership

October 6, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will establish an interagency process to further support exports of U.S. dairy products. Both agencies [Read More …]

Farmers to Families Food Box Program surpasses 100 million boxes

October 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA has entered into contracts with 50 entities for the third round of food box deliveries earlier U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that more than 100 million food boxes have been distributed [Read More …]

USDA funds conservation innovation through on-farm trials

October 5, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Grants are designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is awarding $25 million in grants designed to help partners implement and evaluate innovative conservation practices that [Read More …]

Supply Management: Cherries, Cows, and Cognitive Dissonance – Oh, My!

October 2, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Editor’s note: You can listen to Brittany Olson discuss this issue further in episode 27 of DairyVoice, which is available below the article. Even though my days as a farm journalist are getting farther and [Read More …]

USDA announces additional assistance to farmers and ranchers impacted by Coronavirus

September 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA announced up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) is [Read More …]

USDA Approves Up To $1 Billion in Contracts for Food Box Program

September 24, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday the approval of up to $1 billion in contracts for Round 3 of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The list of Round 3 approved contractors can [Read More …]

USDA works to improve risk management program

September 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Changes aim to decrease paperwork and recordkeeping burdens for direct marketers The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced modifications to the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program to decrease paperwork and recordkeeping [Read More …]

Breaking Down CFAP 2.0

September 23, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On Friday, the administration announced details of the new $14-billion-dollar Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP2, that will provide direct payments to farmers and ranchers to partially offset COVID-19-related losses for producers. This follows an estimated $10 [Read More …]

Apply Now for a Second Round of Payments Through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

September 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Available Support The dairy payment will amount to $1.20/cwt. on a farm’s production during the last nine months of 2020. Dairy payments will be based on actual milk production from April 1 to Aug. 31, [Read More …]

Peterson Weighs in on Second CFAP Program from USDA

September 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota responded Saturday to the introduction of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing progress for several different groups of farmers, [Read More …]

The Block Market Looks Feisty Again

September 22, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The T.C. Jacoby Weekly Market Report Week Ending September 18, 2020 CME spot Cheddar blocks soared to the largest single-session increase on record. Barrels followed reluctantly and the block-barrel spread gaped. The market is on [Read More …]

USDA to conduct survey about hired on-farm labor

September 21, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The survey will collect information about hired labor from approximately 4,000 farmers The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey during the second half of October. The [Read More …]

FTC to Pick Up USDA’s Country of Origin Meat Labeling Slack

September 16, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Family Farm Action Alliance Applauds New FTC Proposed Rule Today, Family Farm Action Alliance submitted public comments on the proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that sets out standards for product labels using “Made in [Read More …]

Tracking Ag Trade: July Changes

September 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA’s import and export trade data for July 2020, released last week, provides important insight into the continuing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on U.S. agricultural trade. July 2020 marked the fifth consecutive month and [Read More …]

With Congress at an impasse, look to USDA for disaster assistance, NMPF’s Bleiberg says

September 15, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Election-year politics is complicating efforts to push additional agriculture aid through Congress, but already-authorized spending may allow USDA to aid dairy farmers facing unstable roller-coaster prices and shifting supply chains, said Paul Bleiberg, NMPF’s vice [Read More …]

USDA Seeks Input on Ready-to-Go Technologies and Practices for Agriculture Innovation Agenda

September 14, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

To further the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) work on the Agriculture Innovation Agenda (AIA), USDA today announced it is seeking public- and private-sector input on the most innovative technologies and practices that can [Read More …]

More than $7 billion paid in second round of CFAP

Have You Taken Action on the Dietary Guidelines? Want to Learn More About Them?

Disaster recovery assistance deadline: Oct. 30th

USDA Authorizes $500 Million in New Round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program

New Rule Makes Enhancements to Environmental Quality Incentives Program

USDA Stuns The Market With Dramatic September Surge In U.S. Milk Output

USDA Offers Secure New Options for Signing and Sharing Documents Online

Reviewing State-Level Farm Economic Conditions

Dairy Margin Coverage Program enrollment opens Oct. 13

USDA Releases Payment Data for CFAP2

USDA Grain Stocks and WASDE Shock Markets

USDA Seeks New Partnerships to Safeguard, Restore Wetland Ecosystems

USDA, FDA agree to enhance collaboration on U.S. dairy exports

U.S. dairy exports to benefit from new USDA-FDA partnership

Farmers to Families Food Box Program surpasses 100 million boxes

USDA funds conservation innovation through on-farm trials

Supply Management: Cherries, Cows, and Cognitive Dissonance – Oh, My!

USDA announces additional assistance to farmers and ranchers impacted by Coronavirus

USDA Approves Up To $1 Billion in Contracts for Food Box Program

USDA works to improve risk management program

Breaking Down CFAP 2.0

Apply Now for a Second Round of Payments Through USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

Peterson Weighs in on Second CFAP Program from USDA

The Block Market Looks Feisty Again

USDA to conduct survey about hired on-farm labor

FTC to Pick Up USDA’s Country of Origin Meat Labeling Slack

Tracking Ag Trade: July Changes

With Congress at an impasse, look to USDA for disaster assistance, NMPF’s Bleiberg says

USDA Seeks Input on Ready-to-Go Technologies and Practices for Agriculture Innovation Agenda

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage