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Africanized Honeybees Pop Up in Alabama
Southeast Regional Ag News
Africanized Honeybees can be highly defensive and pose a risk to humans and animals.
California Artichoke Production Down and ASF in China Data
The Agribusiness Update
Artichoke production on California’s Central Coast has steadily fallen over the past three decades, and the 2018 spread of African swine fever to China had reverberations in the global pork market, according to new USDA data.
GFB Annual Convention and ASF in China Data
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia Farm Bureau members are gathered in Jekyll Island for the organization’s 86th annual convention, and the 2018 spread of African swine fever to China had reverberations in the global pork market, according to new USDA data.
California Reservoirs Steady and ERS Study on AFS in China
The Agribusiness Update
As California’s weather swings from droughts to floods, farmers remain confident with the water supply in state reservoirs well above the historical average, and an Economic Research Service report shows the full impact of African Swine Fever in China.
Southeast Region Labor Report and ERS Study on AFS in China
The Agribusiness Update
There were 32,000 workers hired directly by farms in the
Southeast Region during the week of October 8-1, and an Economic Research Service report shows the full impact of African Swine Fever in China.
Read More USDA Funding for Veterans and Household Spending for Food
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA announced $27.6 million in grants for underserved and veteran farmers, ranchers, and foresters, and households spend more on food as their incomes rise, but the amount represents a smaller share of their overall budgets.
Panama Canal Limits Cargo and American Potato Export Records
The Agribusiness Update
The Panama Canal is restricting the number of cargo ships passing due to decreasing water supply, and American potato exports reach record value and volume records.
Panama Canal Limits Cargo and American Potato Export Records
The Agribusiness Update
The Panama Canal is restricting the number of cargo ships passing due to decreasing water supply, and American potato exports reach record value and volume records.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act Reintroduced and New Strain of African Swine Fever
The Agribusiness Update
Representative Dan Newhouse, of Washington and California Rep Zoe Lofgren reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and Chinese scientists discover a new strain of the African Swine Fever.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act Reintroduced and New Strain of African Swine Fever
The Agribusiness Update
Representative Dan Newhouse, of Washington and California Rep Zoe Lofgren reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and Chinese scientists discover a new strain of the African Swine Fever.
Another Year, Another Quarantine
Southeast Regional Ag News
Last week, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and its Division of Plant Industry announced that a quarantine and treatment area has been established in specific areas of Broward County in response to previously detected giant African land snails.
Animal Disease Preparation
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Animal disease preparedness is a ‘must’ for the next farm bill according to livestock industry leaders like NCBA Chief Todd Wilkinson.
California Water-Efficient Infrastructure and African Swine Fever Returns to China
The Agribusiness Update
California farmers invest in water-efficient infrastructure to address Imperial Valley irrigation problems, and African Swine Fever returns to China.
NASS Ag Labor Survey and African Swine Fever Returns to China
The Agribusiness Update
USDA's National Ag Statistic Service will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April, and African Swine Fever reappears in China.
Vegetable - Melon Estimates Down and Ukraine Grain-Oilseed Harvest Down
The Agribusiness Update
2022 vegetable and melon production estimates fall off 2021 levels, and Ukraine grain and oilseed harvest set to fall.
Spanish Olive Imports and Ukraine Grain-Oilseed Harvest Down
The Agribusiness Update
The U.S. will continue countervailing duties on Spanish ripe olive imports, and Ukraine grain and oilseed harvest set to fall.
Snails, Citrus Canker, and the Southeastern Farmer of the Year
Southeast Regional Ag News
From Giant African Snails to the Swisher/Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year, we take a look at regional headlines.
FL Works to Eradicate Giant African Land Snail...Again
Southeast Regional Ag News
The highly invasive agricultural pest has been eradicated twice before in Florida at a cost of millions of dollars.
APHIS ASF Efforts and Agribusiness Trade Mission to U.K.
The Agribusiness Update
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces efforts to prevent introduction and spread of African Swine Fever, and USDA and states send officials to London for agribusiness trade mission.
USDA Secures Funds to Prevent ASF in U.S. Part 2
California Ag Today
USDA’s Associate Administrator for APHIS, Jack Shere, joins us again for this two-part series to talk about new $500 million-dollar funding to keep African Swine Fever from hitting U.S. soil.