California Ag Today

We’re talking milk stocks on today’s program following up on recent data from the U.S. milk production report which indicates a slight year-over-year decrease.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says maybe Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is right when he claims the House committee-passed farm bill uses “Harry Potter” style ‘invisible cloaking’ to hide its true costs.

Roger Cryan, chief economist with the American Farm Bureau, says the changes are a mixed bag.

Late last year and into the start of 2024, the USDA held a 49-day Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing and listened to hundreds of hours of testimony, which resulted in reform proposals released this week.

In 2022, U.S. organic sales reached $9.6 billion. California accounted for nearly 40% of those sales.

Officials from the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office are now hammering arguments made by Mexican representatives during a recent dispute hearing about Mexico’s ban on imports of genetically modified corn used in some food products.

The Farm Service Agency expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cattle are removed from commercial milking in dairy herds having a confirmed positive H5N1 test.

A Texas federal judge has temporarily blocked a USDA disaster relief program from giving preferential funding to women and minority farmers.

Governor Newsom confirmed the agreement on June 22, with the revised State Budget allocating $600,000 for the program.

With the Biden Administration finalizing new mileage standards, a recent Senate Energy panel hearing served as a flashpoint for the EV versus combustion engine debate.