Archive for November 2018
USDA Provides Additional Food Disaster Assistance in Three California Counties Hit by Wildfires
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that households in three California counties have been approved to receive Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)…
Read MoreStatement of Secretary Perdue on Signing of USMCA
(Washington, D.C., November 30, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the signing of the new trade pact, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),…
Read MoreUSDA Announces Investments in Rural Community Facilities That Will Benefit More Than 761,000 Americans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $291 million (PDF, 142 KB)…
Read MoreUSDA Invests in Innovative Management of California Water Supply
(Maxwell, CA, November 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $449 million to help build an…
Read MoreSecretary Perdue Statement on Confirmation of Stephen Vaden for Key USDA Post
Release & Contact Info Statement Release No. 0252.18 Contact: USDA PressEmail: press@oc.usda.gov (Washington, D.C., November 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Senate’s long-awaited confirmation…
Read MoreMethanol’s U.S. Revival and Global Growth Scenarios
In the U.S. markets, the strong growth rate in installed capacity has been driven by U.S. shale. Changing economics in methanol production are transforming the U.S. industry from a small…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving from Our Auction Barn – Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction
“Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever!” Psalm 107:1 Today we are giving thanks to God for our family, friends and health. Though this…
Read MoreWhere’s the Beef? On Its Way to China
(Bloomberg) – China, a nation of pork lovers, has developed an appetite for overseas beef that could see it buying record amounts this year. The biggest consumer of global commodities…
Read MoreStudy: Fumonisin Not Detrimental to Beef Cattle Diets
Increasing levels of dietary fumonisin do not adversely affect feedlot cattle performance, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist in Amarillo. After a tumultuous 2017 corn season resulting in…
Read MoreAmmoniated Corn Residue Equal to Medium Quality Grass Hay?
Ammoniation can be used to make low quality forages, like corn residue, have digestibility and protein content that is the equivalent of, or slightly better than, grass hay. The Process…
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