USDA Announces Change to Federal Milk Marketing Pricing Formulas
Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will conduct producer referendums in...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 61 min read
California Commodity Price Report 11/4 - 11/8
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 62 min read
USDA Breaks Ground on New Agricultural Research Technology Center in Davis, California
The two-story 59,000 square foot building will house four ARS research units: Crops Pathology and Genetics, Invasive Species and Pollina...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 62 min read
Study Finds That 100% Ground Beef Builds More Muscle Than Soy Based Protein
“While both beef and soy are considered ‘complete’ proteins, the amino acids in beef are simply more available for the muscle to use eff...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 312 min read
USDA Launches $15 Million Program to Promote Organic Dairy Products in Schools and Youth Programs
Funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), the program will increase consumption of organic dairy products among children and...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 282 min read
Carbon Robotics Raises $70 Million in Series D Investment Round for LaserWeeders
Growers in North America, Europe, and Australia have eliminated more than 10 billion weeds across 100 crop types without the use of chem...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 281 min read
US Grain Exports Increased by 26% in 2023-2024 in All Forms - Valued at $48 Billion
The increase in exports were bolstered by a record 1,746,490,298 gallons of ethanol sold internationally and a single-market record 23.4...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 212 min read
Plenty Opens World's First Indoor Strawberry Farm in Virginia To Produce 4M Pounds of Berries/Year
The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed to produce more than 4 million pounds of strawberries annually in less than 40,000 square feet by...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 211 min read
Mexican Railway Blockade Ends After 2 Weeks, Leaving Backlog of Grain Exports
The Port of Veracruz is the largest entry point for grain imports by ocean to Mexico. According to the USDA/Foreign Agricultural...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 211 min read
USDA to Purchase $25 Million in Citrus from Domestic Producers for Nutrition Assistance Programs
“These purchases will benefit citrus producers by removing surplus commodities from the market and at the same time help provide nutrit...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 172 min read
USDA Makes $233M Indemnity Payments to Producers Impacted by Hurricane Helene
USDA is announcing the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) endorsement...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 162 min read
U.S. Meat Export Federation Announces New Records for August Pork Export Volumes
August pork exports totaled 238,989 metric tons (mt), up 6% from a year ago but the second lowest of 2024. Export value increased 8% to...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 162 min read
White House Organizes a Farmers Event While Producers Face Hurricanes and Fire Damage
This event makes clear what cattle producers have known for quite some time: when it comes to agriculture, this administration has priori...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 114 min read
USDA Announces Additional $250 Million in Automatic Assistance for Distressed Farm Loan Borrowers
Since August 2022, the USDA has provided approximately $2.4 billion in assistance to more than 43,900 distressed borrowers...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 92 min read
3.1 Million Solar Panel Project One Step Closer to Approval - What is the Darden Clean Energy Project?
If permitted, the project would be the largest solar project in the nation, and would be located on land owned by Westlands Water District..
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 92 min read
10 Years Into SGMA - Where Do CA Groundwater Levels Stand?
Latest report shows that local agencies have made great strides under SGMA, but climate extremes pose challenges. Groundwater levels continu
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 72 min read
USDA Invests More Than $11 Million to Support Resiliency in U.S. Dairy Industry
The initiatives support small and mid-sized dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products..
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 22 min read
Early Reports Show Hurricane Helene has Caused Billions in Agricultural Damage
Across the southern U.S., “the crop losses alone could trigger $7 billion in insurance payouts, a US Department of Agriculture official...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 302 min read
CA Congressmen Introduce Bill to Help Ag Producers Impacted by Natural Disasters
The bill provides an additional $14 billion to the USDA to assist agriculture producers impacted by losses caused by natural disasters...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 301 min read
Colombia Lifts It's HPAI Ban on U.S. Beef Products From 14 States After 5 Months
Prior to the restrictions imposed in April, Colombia was a promising market averaging about $3 million per month in U.S. beef purchases...
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