Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black has released a report on agricultural labor in the state, recommending that the federal government provide farmers with a guest worker program that’ll help them harvest their crops legally and efficiently.
North Carolina State University’s North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share (NCVACS) program http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/extension/cost-share provided more than $100,000 in matching funds to help state agricultural producers apply for and secure nearly $1.2 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants....More
As hearings and discussions resume on crafting the 2012 farm bill, the threat of $30 billion to $35 billion being chopped out of agricultural programs hangs over the negotiations....More
Young people and the contributions they make as members of farm and ranch families are vital to American agriculture, according to Missouri hog farmer Chris Chinn....More
The agriculture community took a number of important steps toward a 2012 farm bill this week, with commodity groups meeting in Washington to discuss the issues and the Senate Agriculture Committee announcing a hearing schedule....More
Amid reports that missing customer money from MF Global’s bankruptcy has been found, the company’s industry regulator, CME Group, took steps this week to shore up confidence in the market while members of Congress continued their review on Capitol Hill. ...More
Bob Redding, who lobbies on behalf of agricultural interests in Washington, D.C., had no illusions of being a crowd favorite at the recent Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference held in Savannah, Ga....More
A recording-breaking crowd of nearly 7,000 cattlemen and women from across the country jockeyed for a seat at the second general session of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn....More
Farmers said their visits to members of the General Assembly during Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Legislative Day were a critical step in securing a constitutional amendment to protect private property from eminent domain abuse....More
Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup, beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6....More
