National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello, 202.547.7800 On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and indicated that additional commodities could be announced … Continued
News Channel 6 Now Wichita Falls By Alyssa Osterdock The amount of wheat planted in the world continues to go up and is starting to overwhelm the economy. Reports from the Texas A&M AgriLife Agency show the wheat stocks to … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers/U.S. Wheat Associates Contact: Steve Mercer, Vice President of Communications, U.S. Wheat Associates smercer@uswheat.org, (703) 650-0251 Caitlin Eanello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers ceanello@wheatworld.org, (202) 547-7800 The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is set to cross … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello, 202.547.7800 The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), lead plaintiff of the national agriculture coalition fighting California’s false and misleading Prop 65 labeling requirement for glyphosate, welcomes today’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge … Continued
AgriLife Today By: Paul Schattenberg 210-859-5752 paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu During late June and early July, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas AgrAbilty, and the Compatible Lands Foundation will present the Battleground to Breaking Ground Virtual Agriculture Business Workshop series for military veterans, beginning … Continued
AgriLife Today By: Kay Ledbetter 806-677-5608 skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Texas A&M AgriLife wheat research and variety trials did not take a break during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was not possible to conduct a traditional May wheat field tour, so Texas A&M AgriLife … Continued
U.S. Wheat Associates The Government of Vietnam recently revised Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff rates on several imported agricultural products, including wheat. This decision reduces Vietnam’s tariff on imported U.S. wheat (excluding durum) from 5 percent to 3 percent and … Continued
Farm Service Agency Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the wake of natural disasters, to allow farmers with USDA farm loans who are affected by COVID-19, … Continued
Texas A&M AgriLife The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in collaboration with the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, will be providing educational outreach and training to help producers of agricultural commodities throughout the state understand and acquire federal assistance to … Continued
Farmers and Ranchers to Receive Direct Support for Losses Related to COVID-19 USDA U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to … Continued