The latest Arizona agriculture update from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Phoenix, Ariz., field office:...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The substitute addresses jurisdictional issues in the context of swaps by providing for Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jurisdiction over swaps and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jurisdiction over swaps that are primarily based on securities. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With several unsettled issues including extensions and sign-ups, the Conservation Reserve Program was the subject of several questions from the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research in early October....
IDFA Chairman Paul Kruse, who is CEO and president of Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, Texas, told a Senate panel that product innovation and increased global dairy product demand offer the potential for growth that will benefit dairy farmers, dairy foods manufacturers and consumers, but failing federal dairy policies are a barrier to taking advantage of these opportunities....
Ohio State University food science researcher V.M. "Bala" Balasubramaniam isn't feeling pressure to perform. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Following deals and compromises that ended only shortly before the hearing began, the House Agriculture Committee last week passed HR 3795 — more commonly known as the “derivatives oversight” legislation —by a bipartisan voice vote....
By Jim Langcuster, Auburn University
The mighty American greenback has fallen on hard times — so hard, in fact, that countries throughout the world are clamoring for its replacement as the world's reserve currency....
The Western Pistachio Association (WPA), representing U.S. pistachio growers and processors, has been awarded $500,000 through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. ...
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will hold a meeting on October 28, 2009, focusing on California’s dairies. California, with 12 percent of the nation’s population, produces 21 percent of the nation’s milk. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
President Obama has signed legislation providing fiscal 2010 appropriations — $121 billion — for the USDA, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies....
With their pleasing flavor, cheerful color, and health-imparting dose of vitamin C, it is not surprising that oranges are one of America's Top 10 favorite fruits. ...
By Dan Bryant, Contributing Writer
There’s much more to effective postemergent weed control in California vineyards than identifying the weed species, selecting the best herbicide, and timing the application. ...
California crop advisers have the opportunity to register for the Feb. 5, 2010 Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Exam until Dec. 11, 2009. ...
California leads the nation with $16.3 million in specialty crop grants awarded recently by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)....
Family farmers not only exist, but are the critical factor that make the nation’s number one industry the world leaders in production of safe and wholesome products, according to a new video titled Farming for Generations released by the National Corn Growers Association....
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