Category Archives: Agriculture News
More Cotton Growers Go Green
The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is designed to bring quantifiable and verifiable goals and measurements to the key sustainability metrics of U.S. cotton production. The good news is more growers took p...
May 20, 2022
Agricultural Export Programs Offer Excellent Returns
A recent economic study indicates public-private U.S. agricultural export market development programs remain highly effective and generate a substantial return on investment. The study, welcomed by th...
May 19, 2022
CDFA Releases Stats Report
The annual California Agricultural Statistics Review is now available from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.According to a CDFA announcement, this publication provides comprehensive d...
May 18, 2022
SEC Extends Comment Period on Climate-Reporting Rule
The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Pork Producers Council welcomed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s comment period extension for a proposed rule. The groups say they need m...
May 11, 2022
Busch Light and John Deere Team Up to Support Farmers
Busch Light and John Deere will join forces for a "For the Farmers" collaboration featuring limited-edition beer cans to support Farm Rescue. Available May 16 through July 3, consumers can purchase 24...
May 10, 2022
Ag Innovation Challenge Deadline Extended
The American Farm Bureau Federation and Farm Credit are looking for entrepreneurs to apply online for the 2023 American Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. This national business competition, now in ...
May 03, 2022
Farmers Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, American agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 4% from 2019 to 2020. The recent Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks s...
May 02, 2022
Rising Meat Prices Will Test Consumer Demand
U.S. consumer demand for meat at the retail level remains exceptionally strong despite rising prices caused by increased production costs and supply chain challenges. A new CoBank report says that may...
Apr 29, 2022
NEPA Changes Signal Return to Prior Regulations
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall responds to an announcement on the final phase 1 revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act, known as NEPA. Duvall says, "AFBF is disappo...
Apr 21, 2022
Lawmakers Tackle Shipping Concerns
A pair of House lawmakers this week introduced the SHIP IT Act, seeking to address the supply chain backlog in the freight network at U.S. ports. Introduced by Republican Representatives Michelle Fisc...
Apr 20, 2022
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