ACRE sign-up starts late April 

Apr 3, 2009

USDA will schedule the sign-up for the average crop revenue election (ACRE) program in April as part of its plan to complete sign-up for the 2009 farm programs....

Producers to plant lowest cotton acreage in 26 years  

Apr 2, 2009,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Cotton producers intend to plant 8.81 million acres this year, a reduction from last year of 7 percent and the lowest cotton acreage in 26 years. ...

NASS-Arizona predicts 130,000 upland cotton acres in Arizona in 2008 

Apr 2, 2009

Upland cotton acreage in Arizona is expected to total 130,000 acres, a decrease of 5,000 acres from a year ago, according to a planting intentions survey conducted by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Arizona field office....

Sign-up extended for counter-cyclical, direct payment programs 

Apr 1, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced he is extending the sign-up deadline for the 2009 direct and counter-cyclical payment program from June 1 to Aug. 14 to give producers more time to analyze their options under the 2008 farm bill....

U.S. consumers could see cheaper prices as result of Mexican government tariffs 

Apr 1, 2009,

By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University

Tariffs imposed by Mexico on grapes, onions, tomatoes and other U.S. agricultural commodities could lead to lower demand and cheaper prices for some U.S. food products, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....

Recall reaction seminar in May 

Apr 1, 2009

A product recall can happen for a number of reasons, but how you handle it can have a tremendous impact on the outcome....

Food safety survey: U.S. majority feels industry doesn't do enough 

Apr 1, 2009

On the heels of the largest product recall in U.S. history, an ASQ survey reveals that although the majority of the food industry may be following safe production procedures, the majority of the public doesn't feel it does enough. ...

China has hand in U.S. economy 

Mar 31, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he’s “worried” about his country’s investments in U.S. Treasury bonds. ...

UCCE Sacramento Valley Olive Day set for April 7 

Mar 31, 2009

Co-Sponsored by Musco Family Olives, Bell-Carter Olives and UCCE, Glenn, Tehama and Butte counties...

Weed Society asks EPA to contest ruling on pesticides 

Mar 31, 2009

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request a rehearing of the recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision defining pesticides as pollutants and requiring Clean Water Act permits before they can be applied in or near water sources. ...

California crop weather report from NASS 

Mar 31, 2009

The following is the March 30 Crop Weather Report from the Sacramento, Calif., field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service....

American Farm Bureau demands fairness for biofuels in carbon scoring in California 

Mar 30, 2009

When rating fuels on the basis of carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)....

New report calls food safety system antiquated, calls for reform 

Mar 30, 2009

Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report, Keeping America's Food Safe: A Blueprint for Fixing the Food Safety System at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which examines problems with the fragmented and antiquated current system and proposes ways to improve the food safety functions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to better protect the nation's food supply....

Farmers win first skirmish in payment limit war 

Mar 27, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

The first skirmish in the 2009 version of the battle over payment limits has been held, and farmers appear to have won....

Vilsack announces buy-in program details 

Mar 27, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says producers can pay a buy-in fee to become eligible for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) and Tree Assistance Programs (TAP) for the 2008 crop year....

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