Category Archives: Agriculture News
Meat Exports Show Mixed Results
A USDA report says a comparison between first-quarter 2023 exports of seven animal products with the exports from the same time last year shows some improvement.Four of the categories were year-over-y...
May 19, 2023
House Ag Spending Bill Revealed
The House Agriculture Appropriations bill provides $26.3 billion for total funding.But that’s $532 million below the 2023 funding level. The bill provides $17.1 billion to the Department of Agri...
May 18, 2023
Proposed Tinplate Steel Tariffs Could Impact Food Industry And Consumers
The Consumer Brands Association says implementing proposed tariffs of up to 300% on tinplate steel imports would increase the cost of canned foods and products by up to 30%. The association released t...
May 10, 2023
Farm Income Decline Varies by Region
After reaching recent highs in 2021 and 2022, the average net cash income of U.S. farm businesses is expected to decline by 18% in 2023 compared with 2022. According to the USDA's Economic Research Se...
May 09, 2023
Smaller Cattle Herd Squeezing Meatpacker Profits
America's beef cow herd hasn't been this small since 1962. Drought and the high cost of feed forced producers to cut their herd sizes instead of keeping animals for breeding. Livestock producers who f...
May 08, 2023
WATER For California Act Advances
The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced Congressman David Valadao's bill HR 215, WATER for California Act.This bill, according to a news release from Valadao's office will streamline operati...
Apr 28, 2023
Meat And Dairy Production Lead Food Sector Sales
New data from USDA's Economic Research Service shows meat processing and dairy product manufacturing are the largest components of food sector sales. Food and beverage manufacturing plants transform r...
Apr 27, 2023
Number of Farms Continues to Decline
New data released by USDA's Economic Research Service shows the number of farms in California and across the country continues to decline. After peaking at 6.8 million farms in 1935, the number of U.S...
Apr 26, 2023
Lawmakers Request Disaster Relief for Farmers
A coalition of California lawmakers is requesting a disaster recovery package to aid California farms and ranches devastated by historic storms earlier this year. The coalition, which includes Represe...
Apr 25, 2023
Help For Farmers Impacted by Natural Disaster
USDA and California Department of Food Agriculture are holding a virtual question and answer session to help producers and farming communities impacted by current disasters.The virtual session will he...
Apr 18, 2023
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