American Soybean Association president Danny Murphy, a farmer from Mississippi, attended the annual Ag Media Summit this week in Buffalo, NY and talked about some of the policy issues on ASA’s plate at the moment, which start with the ongoing farm bill saga. Murphy also talked about the hold up on the transportation bill, export and trade opportunities, and biotechnology. …
2013 Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The 15th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference was held July 18-20, 2013 in Panama City Beach. The theme was Making Sustainability Work and we have links here to photos, posts and audio files from the conference, which included peanut industry representatives from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. 2013 SPGC Photo Album Southern Peanut Growers Team – Texas Congressman at Peanut …
InfoAg Conference on Precision Agriculture
The 2013 InfoAg Conference took place in Springfield, IL. This technical education conference is all about precision agriculture and is becoming an annual conference with the next one scheduled in 2014 in St. Louis, MO. This three day conference is coordinated by the International Plant Nutrition Institute, IPNI. Story interviews will be posted here as they become available in coming …
Corn Growers in Washington
Members of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) are in Washington this week to discuss policy issues and visit with lawmakers during another crucial point in the quest for a five year farm bill. In addition to farm policy, corn growers are talking with members of Congress about the Renewable Fuel Standard, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) and the …
Press Conf with World Livestock Auctioneer Champion
Dustin Focht, 2013 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion, participated in a conference call with the media today. The full press conference audio is available here to download, share and use however you would like. Dustin Focht is from Stillwater, Okla. The newly crowned champion competed against 30 other semi-finalists last Friday and Saturday to win the world title in Montgomery, Ala. …
2013 LMA Annual Mtg. & World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
The 2013 Livestock Marketing Association Annual Convention and 50th World Livestock Auctioneer Championship take place in Montgomery, AL. There will be interviews and other recorded remarks posted here as they become available so please check back. You can find and download full res photos from the event here: 2013 LMA/WLAC Photo Album
National Pork Trade Update
The National Pork Producers Council held a telephone press conference this morning from Brussels, Belgium to discuss important trade issues related to U.S. pork, including the Chilean pork safeguard proceeding and the U.S. response, latest on U.S. Country of Origin Labeling and actions by Canada and Mexico, and progress on a U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement – the Transatlantic Trade and …
World Pork Expo 25th Anniversary
2013 marks the silver anniversary of World Pork Expo, the world’s largest pork-specific trade show, presented by the National Pork Producers Council. Audio and photos will be updated during the course of the event June 5-7 at Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. 2013 World Pork Expo photo album. World Pork 25th Anniversary – National Pork Update – USDA AMS …
AGree Supports Senate Immigration Bill
Food and agricultural policy organization AGree is urging the Senate to pass the immigration reform bill approved by the Judiciary Committee in order to provide a stable workforce for American agriculture. On June 3, the co-chairs of the organization sent a letter in support of the bill to U.S. Senators. Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman is co-chairman of AGree and …
American Meat Institute Statement on COOL Decision
USDA has issued the final rule for mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), including an amendment to the regulations for muscle cut covered commodities derived from animals slaughtered in the United States. “It is incomprehensible that USDA would finalize a controversial rule that stands to harm American agriculture, when comments on the proposal made clear how deeply and negatively it …
National Cotton Council Farm Bill Comments
The National Cotton Council (NCC) is pleased with the farm bills out of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees this week that make some pretty significant changes in the cotton program to hopefully provide final resolution of the longstanding Brazil WTO case. “The focus has been to try and come up with farm policy for cotton in the new farm …
Interview with National Corn Grower Chairman
Garry Niemeyer of Aurora, Illinois is chairman of the National Corn Growers Association. In this interview, he comments on Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), the farm bills out of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, and finally making some corn planting progress in the Midwest.
Ag Workforce Coalition on Immigration Bill
Leaders from the Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC) held a press conference Wednesday (4/17/13) to highlight the crucial stake American agriculture has in immigration reform. Late last week, a landmark agreement on immigration reform was reached by the AWC, the United Farm Workers (UFW), and key Senators. Participating in the news conference were National Council of Farmer Cooperatives president Chuck Conner, …
Farm Bureau Propsal for Farm Bill
The American Farm Bureau Federation sent a farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill this week that offers a diverse mix of risk management and safety net tools to benefit a wide range of farms and it saves $23 billion compared to the cost of continuing the current program. “We’ve tried to look at providing farmers a three-legged safety net stool …
2013 National Ag Day
National Ag Day activities took place in Washington, DC in various locations including an evening banquet at USDA. You’ll find links to plenty of audio and photos from all the events. The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) will host National Agriculture Day on March 19, 2013. This will mark the 40th anniversary of National Ag Day which is celebrated in …