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Corn and Soybean Yields are YUUUGE

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Corn Production and Prices Providing the first survey-based estimate of corn and soybean yields, USDA’s August 10 Crop Production report estimates the average corn yield at a record 178.4 bushels per acre, above the average [Read More …]

Perdue lauds ‘majesty and variety’ of California ag

August 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

U.S. agriculture secretary visited farms in second day of three-day California tour. Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) hosted United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in California’s Central Valley on Tuesday afternoon. The [Read More …]

Improving water infrastructure in 23 states

August 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

New partnerships support more prosperous futures for more than 73,000 people Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett visited the state today to announce that USDA is investing more than $124 million (PDF, 155.4 KB) [Read More …]

USDA adds new resources to Farmers.gov

August 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Site has updated tools and information to help agricultural producers Agricultural producers have new resources available to them to prepare for and recover from impacts of natural disasters on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new [Read More …]

Millions of Corn and Soybean Acres in Poor-to-Very-Poor Condition

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Kansas and Missouri Are Hit Particularly Hard USDA’s Aug. 13 Crop Progress report revealed that 70 percent of the U.S. corn crop is in good-to-excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from last week, but 8 [Read More …]

NMPF Welcomes USDA’s $50 Million Milk Purchase for Needy Americans

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The National Milk Producers Federation welcomed the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will purchase $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution to domestic food assistance programs – the first [Read More …]

Dairy Farmers of America Commends USDA’s Announcement to Purchase $50 Million Worth of Milk for Food Banks

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a global dairy food cooperative owned by family dairy farmers, applauds the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent announcement to purchase $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution [Read More …]

Investment to support rural NY communities

August 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Funding will expand high-speed internet access and battle the opioid crisis U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Agriculture Appropriations bill that just passed the Senate [Read More …]

USDA forecasts record high corn, soybean yields

August 14, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA NASS report also included the first production forecast for U.S. cotton U.S. farmers are expected to produce a record-high soybean crop this year, according to the Crop Production report issued today by the USDA’s [Read More …]

Organic dairies compete in changing industry

August 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Small-scale organic farmers are determined to fight back against industry transformation Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out business as large confined animal operations with thousands of [Read More …]

New Dairy Insurance Program Available for 2019 Coverage

August 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Another tool was just added to U.S. dairy producers’ risk management options this week when USDA announced the launch of the Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) insurance program. Sign-up will start October 9, 2018 for coverage [Read More …]

USDA Will Spend up to $12B on Farm Trade Disruption

August 10, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

What is known about the government’s farm-related response to retaliatory tariffs. If you have missed the press release from Secretary Perdue announcing our president’s farm-related response to retaliatory tariffs, it is at “USDA Assists Farmers Impacted [Read More …]

USDA invests in rural electric infrastructure

August 9, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Will improve service for more than 1 million residential & commercial consumers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $345.5 million in 20 infrastructure projects (PDF, 121 KB) to [Read More …]

California earns $1.3M for conservation innovations

August 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The funding is split between two state-specific projects and a national project Two California organizations, and one national organization, have been selected to receive a combined $1.3 million through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service [Read More …]

USDA seeking comments on rural broadband initiative

August 6, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA is inviting comments on the implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 on March 23, 2018. USDA is developing this pilot program to catalyze private investment and bring broadband [Read More …]

Rural communities encouraged to apply for loans

August 2, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Department’s latest investments to benefit 165,000 people across 24 states Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced a historic commitment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to upgrade and rebuild rural [Read More …]

Projects to spur conservation innovation

July 31, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

22 new projects will spur innovation in grazing lands, organic systems, soil health USDA will invest more than $10.6 million for 22 new projects that will drive public and private sector innovation in conserving natural [Read More …]

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

July 30, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

European Court of Justice has announced their ruling on newer mutagenesis methods U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding this week’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling (PDF, 115 KB) on newer [Read More …]

Final call to complete 2017 Census of Ag

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture is planned to be released in February 2019 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) ends all data collection for the 2017 Census of [Read More …]

Dairy MPP Is Delivering in 2018. Even More Help Is On The Way

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

$155 Million in Program Payments Through May Driven by improvements made by Congress in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and USDA’s efforts to inform dairy farmers about the enhanced program, as of early July [Read More …]

Farmers prefer trade deals over cash payments

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA will also buy surplus of commodities that would otherwise have been exported Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative Tuesday [Read More …]

Conservation funds available for 30 counties in Texas

July 27, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) applications as part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) efforts supported by the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture (OPJV) – [Read More …]

USDA Assists Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

July 24, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

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. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue [Read More …]

New test can determine nitrogen levels in soil

July 17, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

A simple, rapid and reliable test can now determine the nitrogen amount in soil Nitrogen is the main nutrient added to cereal crops like corn, which makes them grow faster and stronger. But too much [Read More …]

China Uses One-Third of World’s Soybeans

July 16, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For the 2018/19 marketing year, Chinese soybean utilization for domestic crushing and exports is projected at 4.2 billion bushels. Global soybean production for the marketing year is projected at 13.2 billion bushels, meaning China is expected to [Read More …]

Top Ten Milk Producing States in May 2018

July 15, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

USDA estimates milk production in the 23 top producing states increased 0.9% in May 2018, compared with May 2017. USDA reports California production increased 0.5% compared to the same month in 2017 with 30 lbs. [Read More …]

WASDE Weighs in on Soybean Tariffs

July 13, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Historically, the changes in supply and demand that follow updated plantings of major field crops detailed in USDA’s survey-based June Acreage report are the focus of the department’s July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. However, this year [Read More …]

Is the “organic” seal worth it, given disputes?

July 12, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Disputes over rules, questions about adherence, may raise doubts over extra price Is paying more for organic milk, meat or a can of beans worth it? The “USDA Organic” label generally signifies a product is [Read More …]

5 new officers sworn into Agricultural Foreign Service

July 11, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Will serve as agricultural attachés at U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions Five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) employees were sworn in as Foreign Service officers today during a ceremony at USDA [Read More …]

Beef meal kits rollout nationwide

July 10, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Kits create a complete beef meal featuring globally inspired flavors that consumers crave Cooking a delicious, healthy, beef meal from scratch has never been easier with the launch of fresh beef meal kits in retail [Read More …]

Corn and Soybean Yields are YUUUGE

Perdue lauds ‘majesty and variety’ of California ag

Improving water infrastructure in 23 states

USDA adds new resources to Farmers.gov

Millions of Corn and Soybean Acres in Poor-to-Very-Poor Condition

NMPF Welcomes USDA’s $50 Million Milk Purchase for Needy Americans

Dairy Farmers of America Commends USDA’s Announcement to Purchase $50 Million Worth of Milk for Food Banks

Investment to support rural NY communities

USDA forecasts record high corn, soybean yields

Organic dairies compete in changing industry

New Dairy Insurance Program Available for 2019 Coverage

USDA Will Spend up to $12B on Farm Trade Disruption

USDA invests in rural electric infrastructure

California earns $1.3M for conservation innovations

USDA seeking comments on rural broadband initiative

Rural communities encouraged to apply for loans

Projects to spur conservation innovation

Perdue on ECJ ruling on genome editing

Final call to complete 2017 Census of Ag

Dairy MPP Is Delivering in 2018. Even More Help Is On The Way

Farmers prefer trade deals over cash payments

Conservation funds available for 30 counties in Texas

USDA Assists Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation

New test can determine nitrogen levels in soil

China Uses One-Third of World’s Soybeans

Top Ten Milk Producing States in May 2018

WASDE Weighs in on Soybean Tariffs

Is the “organic” seal worth it, given disputes?

5 new officers sworn into Agricultural Foreign Service

Beef meal kits rollout nationwide

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