Category Archives: Agriculture News

A new report from Rabobank predicts the U.S. beef cattle herd will increase 1.6 to 2.2 percent over the next few years. The Rabobank U.S. Long-term Beef and Cattle Outlook report outlines the expandin...

The Department of Agriculture is predicting a slight increase in farm income for 2017, reversing three years of major decline. The August update of the farm income forecast predicts net cash farm inco...

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — The Humane Society of the United States is aiming to get a measure on the 2018 ballot, which would impose harsh restrictions, on confining pigs and calves in cages. The &#...

Proponents of urban agriculture are hoping two bills will be reintroduced this year in time to be added to the 2018 Farm Bill. Bloomberg reports the bills have very different initiatives but similar g...

In a news release from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the department is now accepting applications for the Alternative Manure Management Program. CDFA was appropriated $50 million ...

Government Officials in South Korea say the U.S. and Korea have not reached an agreement on possible revisions to the U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement, known as KORUS. A South Korea news agency reports that...

The first round of talks between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, ended last week with all three sides saying they're committed to getting negotiations done as quickly as possible. The next round of talk...

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the deadline to submit comments on the Waters of the U.S. Rule repeal effort. The EPA along with the Army Corps of Engineers, will now accept comment t...

The largest farm groups in the U.S., Canada and Mexico offered a sign of unity over the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations. The American Farm Bureau Federation, Canadian Federation of ...

U.S. beef products are struggling to gain traction following a return to China after a 14-year ban. Bloomberg reports that U.S. cuts of beef are largely unnoticeable in China's meat isles. China, the ...