UC Davis’ Gerry Spinelli Unpacks Water Challenges of California Growers
This week on North American Ag Spotlight, Chrissy Wozniak sits down with Cooperative Extension Advisor at University of California, Gerry...
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Politics & Ag Policy
We’ve Waited Too Long
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Billings, MT | In 2019, the volume of fed cattle sold in the negotiated cash market fell to...
USDA Provides $208 Million to Help Prevent Guaranteed Borrower Foreclosures and to Assist Emergency:
WASHINGTON, DC | The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is providing approximately $208 million in automatic...
NCBA Secures Senate Introduction of Legislation to Protect Producers from Black Vultures
WASHINGTON | This week, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) hailed the introduction of the Senate version of the Black...
USDA and the U.S. Small Business Administration Strengthen Partnership
RENO, Nev. | U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is strengthening its...
USDA Announces Opening of Application Period for Regional Agricultural Promotion Program
WASHINGTON, DC | Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the first tranche of funding...
USMCA Dispute Panel Limits Canadian Market Access
ARLINGTON, VA – ruling by a U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel allowing Canada to restrict the dairy access that the...
Eye on the 2023 Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, DC | House and Senate agriculture leadership’s plan to extend the Farm Bill was included in a Continuing Resolution that...
$26 Million Here, $24 Million There: Real Money?
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Billings, MT | The United States Secretary of Agriculture has an absolute statutory duty to...
Thompson, Scott Statement on USMCA Dairy Dispute Decision
WASHINGTON, DC | House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson and Ranking Member DavidScott released the following statement...
David Hightower's Outlook on Agriculture, Prices, and Financial Resilience
Chrissy Wozniak speaks with guest & speaker at this year's Unconventional Ag Conference, David Hightower, of the Hightower Report. David le
British Pork Now California-Ready with NSF’s Bundled Prop 12 and Red Tractor Certification
Oxford, UK | NSF, the leading global public health and safety organization, has become one of the first UK certification bodies to offer...
Big Brother Doesn’t Live Here
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Billings, MT | If there’s anyone out there who doesn’t think that plans are well underway to...
Eye on the 2023 Farm Bill
Washington, DC | The “four corners” of House and Senate agriculture leadership (chair and ranking member in each chamber’s committee of...
Cattlemen Object to Biden Administration’s Plan to Introduce Grizzly Bears in Pacific Northwest
WASHINGTON | The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Public Lands Council (PLC), and Washington Cattlemen’s Association (WCA),...
FACT SHEET: Year Two of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at USDA
Washington, DC | On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, an historic investment in...
A Slap in the Face of Canadian Agriculture C-234 Stalled by Petty Partisan Procedural Puppets
Calgary, AB | The Senate of Canada has ignored the needs of Canadian grain farmers and the recommendations of the elected Members of...
R-CALF USA Applauds New Origin Requirements for USDA Food Purchases
Billings, Mont., Nov. 9, 2023 | Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural...
Biden-Harris Administration Agencies Sign Interagency Agreement to Address Wildfire Risk
WASHINGTON, DC | Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Secretary of the...
Crawford & Davis Release Interim Agriculture Labor Report
WASHINGTON, DC | Co-chairs of the Agricultural Labor Working Group, Reps. Rick Crawford (AR-01) and Don Davis (NC-01), released an...
Eye on the 2023 Farm Bill
Washington, DC | The $428 billion Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334) – more commonly referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill...
Made on Planet Earth
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Billings, MT | Let’s pretend for a moment that we’re conspiracy theorists. And let’s start...
National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow Elects New Officers for 2023-2024
STEPHENVILLE, Tex. (AgPR) | The National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) has elected its new officers for the 2023-2024...
Beef Trade for Dummies
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA BILLINGS, MT | I’ve titled this episode “Beef Trade for Dummies,” but I’m not singling...
Eye on the 2023 Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, DC | The $428 billion Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334) – more commonly referred to as the 2018 Farm Bill...
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America
Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA Get ready because I’m going to ask for your help today. You’ll recall that in early August...
Election Season is Upon Us, How Should We Prepare?
In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak discusses political strategy with Executive Director of the Institute for...
130 Ag and Forestry Groups Voice Opposition to Spartz Anti-Checkoff Amendment
WASHINGTON | In a letter sent to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the...
America’s Soybean Farmers Strongly Oppose Spartz Anti-Checkoff Amendment
Washington, D.C. | The American Soybean Association, representing half a million U.S. soy farmers, vehemently opposes Rep. Victoria...
NCBA Backed Legislation to Boost Oversight of Foreign Ag Purchases Advances
WASHINGTON | Last week, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services advanced a bill supported by the National Cattlemen’s Beef...
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