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Despite concerns earlier in the year about freezing weather during almond bloom, careful management by California farmers and newer orchards coming into production have resulted in a record-breaking crop according to the 2018 Almond Objective Measurement Report. This confirms earlier predictions from the 2018 Almond Subjective Forecast released in May. Published today by the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service - Pacific Regional Office , the Objective Report is the official industry crop estimate.
ED: TRUST THE FACTS ON GMOS Jul. 6, 2018 Bloomberg reports: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has come up with cheerful new labels for genetically modified foods. The bright green and yellow circles depict a happy sun, a winking smiley face or a verdant landscape stamped with the letters "BE," for "bioengineered" - rather than the familiar "genetically modified" or "genetically engineered."
ILLINOIS' FARMERS INVEST NEARLY $4 BILLION IN 2018 CORN CROP Jul. 6, 2018 Source: Illinois Corn Growers Association For the second year in a row, Illinois corn farmers have invested close to $4 billion in crop inputs, supplies and services to grow their crop. That is despite the fact that the 2018 Illinois corn crop represents an estimated 200,000 fewer planted acres than last year.
Since at least as far back as 2012, the claim that 43% of all "food stamp" beneficiaries are "illegal immigrants" has echoed through the murky and fact-starved worlds of social media, chain e-mails, and memes, often times shared as part of a larger list of "Facts!" For example, the following post , from the Facebook page of Doug Giles - proprietor of "ClashDaily.com" and author of the book Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male - has garnered tens of thousands of shares: The food stamp program, known since 2008 as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , is not open to undocumented immigrants.
Elizabethtown, N.C. , July 5, 2018 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Executive Director Chris Tatum in Bladen County today announced that producers who file accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits. Please pay close attention to the acreage reporting dates below.
CHRISTINA WONG is a graduate of the UW School of Law. She's a vocal advocate for social justice issues and chairs the steering committee for the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition.
Greene County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Executive Director Lisa Duncan has announced that producers who file accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits. In order to comply with FSA program eligibility requirements, all producers are encouraged to visit the Greene County FSA office to file an accurate crop certification report by the applicable deadline.
The plan to merge the various aid programs was developed over the year by Mulvaney. It would shift the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a subsistence benefit that provides aid to 42 million poor and working Americans, from the Agriculture Department to the new mega-agency.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls it an "absurdity" that the U.S. imports hemp but puts severe restrictions on American production. The Kentucky Republican is looking to change that by legalizing the crop in the next federal farm bill.
SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IMPROVEMENT ACT Jul. 2, 2018 Source: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry news release U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Senate approved reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act . "The U.S. Senate just passed a bipartisan Farm Bill to provide farmers and ranchers with certainty in a tough farm economy," said Chairman Roberts.
NCC: SENATE'S FARM LEGISLATION RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR COTTON Jul. 2, 2018 Source: National Cotton Council news release The National Cotton Council will be working to ensure that final farm legislation will address the serious shortcomings of the Senate farm bill, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. One of those major concerns involves the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program .
AG SEC'Y PERDUE SAYS PLAN TO COMPENSATE FARMERS HURT BY TARIFFS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEAR LABOR DAY Jul. 2, 2018 Successful Farming reports: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is giving himself a couple of months - until around Labor Day - before deciding whether to proceed with President Trump's promise of shielding farmers from "China's unfair retaliation." For tactical reasons, Perdue has declined to say how USDA would aid producers or how much it might spend.
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Bryant's home only lost its siding, but his workshop, a truck and bo... . FILE- This June 25, 2018 file photo, Mike Thornburg tries to salvage items from his mother's home after wildfires ravaged the neighborhood in Eastpoint, Fla.
The farm bill is monumental legislation that sets the eating and farming policy in the United States -- including what Americans grow, what Americans know about their dinner and how much the government spends in the process -- for about five years. All eyes will now turn to efforts between the House and Senate to resolve major issues between their respective bills by September 30, the deadline for the expiration of the current law, which was enacted in 2014.
It's an old story by now. The GOP-controlled House takes what used to be a bipartisan, consensus legislative goal-the Farm Bill typically passed every five years-and gives it a savage ideological twist.
With USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service's July 3 deadline to comment on the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law fast approaching, the International Food Information Council Foundation tested reactions to the three bioengineered labeling symbols and two variations of text disclosures. In every combination, levels of concern across a variety of factors increased-often substantially-when a disclosure label was applied.
Rep. Tom Graves today voted for and the House passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act , legislation setting policy for agriculture and nutrition programs, including work requirements, for the next five years.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed seven bills just before a Monday night deadline, deciding to block Republican proposals to alter early in-person voting and restrict nuisance litigation that neighbors of big livestock operations could file in North Carolina. Faced with acting on nearly four dozen measures on his desk before a 10-day window in the constitution expired at midnight, Cooper signed 32 of the bills.
KANSAS FARMER OUTLINES COSTLY TOLL OF OVERREGULATION AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING Jun. 25, 2018 Source: American Farm Bureau news release America's farmers and ranchers are facing an economic storm. With farm income levels that have been slashed by half since 2013, a continued slump in crop prices and export markets in serious peril, the hit farmers are taking from costly regulations only intensifies the storm, according to Kansas farmer Glenn Brunkow.