Farm Compliance

USDA Announces Partial 2007 Crop Year Counter-Cyclical Payments

Written by USDA
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Memphis, Tennessee - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer today announced that USDA will soon begin issuing about $315 million in partial 2007-crop-year counter-cyclical payments (CCPs) for producers with upland cotton and/or peanuts base acres enrolled in USDA's Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP).
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Light Brown Apple Moth (Lbam) Project Update

Written by CDFA
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Sacramento, California - A single light brown apple moth (LBAM), an invasive pest native to Australia, has been detected in the community of Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County.
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Commodity Classic Offers Over Twenty WIN Sessions on New Innovations for Growers

Written by Farm Compliance
Thursday, 07 February 2008
St. Louis, Missouri - Eleven “What Is New” (WIN) sessions and 12 shorter “Mini WIN” sessions will showcase new innovations and services critical to agriculture’s future at Commodity Classic, the annual convention and trade show of the American Soybean Association (ASA), the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), to be held Feb. 28-March 1 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer - Biography

Written by USDA
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
Washington, DC - Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 28, 2008. Secretary Schafer brings a record as an innovative two-term governor of North Dakota to USDA along with extensive private sector experience as both an entrepreneur and a business executive.
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USDA Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner Regarding H-2A Farm Worker Program Revisions

Written by USDA
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
Washington, DC - "The changes we are proposing today will go a long way towards ensuring that America's farmers will have a stable, legal workforce they can count on at harvest time. Because farmers are tied to the land and the natural cycles of growth and harvest, their need for labor is urgent and non-negotiable.
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