Category Archives: Agriculture News
Group Seeks COVID-19 Ag Testing
The Sustainable Food Policy Alliance wants the White House to prioritize COVID-19 testing for food and agriculture workers. The group sent the request in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence and Agri...
May 14, 2020
Chinese Questions on Phase One Trade Deal
Global Times, a Chinese state-owned media company, cites sources "close to the Chinese government" who say that China may want to redo the Phase One Trade Deal with the U.S. Politico says government a...
May 13, 2020
Lawmakers Seek Help with Livestock Depopulation
A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the Trump administration to provide guidance on how the Federal Emergency Management Agency can help farmers depopulate and dispose of livestock. Led by House Agr...
May 12, 2020
Meat Supply Tighten
The reduction of meat processing capacity caused by U.S. plant closures and slowdowns has created a massive bottleneck in the nation’s meat and livestock supply chain. Nearly two dozen plants th...
May 07, 2020
Ag Survey At Three-year Low
Commodity price declines, supply-chain disruptions, and coronavirus concerns pushed the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer down to a three-year low in April. The barometer recorded a rea...
May 06, 2020
New Fed Loans Open
The Small Business Administration is offering Economic Injury Disaster Loans and EIDL Advance programs to those in the agriculture industry. SBA's EIDL portal has been closed since April 15th. However...
May 05, 2020
Livestock Producers Get Help
The Department of Agriculture announced a coordination center to assist producers impacted by meat processing plant closures late last week. USDA says livestock and poultry producers face an unprecede...
Apr 28, 2020
Almond Acreage Keeps Growing
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the USDA, California's 2019 almond acreage is estimated at 1,530,000 acres, up 10% from the 2018 acreage of 1,390,000. According to a...
Apr 27, 2020
Senators Want Farm Payment Caps Removed
A bipartisan group of senators wants the Trump Administration to remove the caps on the amount of direct coronavirus relief farmers can get under USDA's new aid package. Politico says the $19 billion ...
Apr 27, 2020
USDA Addresses Milk Dumping
The USDA's Risk Management Agency is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by COVID-19. The RMA is als...
Apr 14, 2020
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