As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the … [Read more...]
USDA TO SURVEY FARMERS’ ACREAGE AND YIELD FOR 2019
With the 2019 crop production underway, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to measure crop production. “The USDA’s Crop Production report, is a valuable monthly and annual gauge of the state of the agricultural … [Read more...]
HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT EMERALD ASH BORER
The week of May 18-25, 2019 has been designated as National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, a nationwide effort to raise public awareness of an invasive forest pest that has destroyed millions of acres of ash forests in the U.S. University of Vermont (UVM) Extension, in collaboration with the … [Read more...]
DICAMBA APPLICATORS URGED TO CHECK PESTICIDE USE LIMITATION AREAS BEFORE SPRAYING
The Delaware Department of Agriculture is urging all pesticide applicators that plan to use dicamba this growing season to check the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) online Bulletins Live! Two system on a monthly basis before spraying. This new online system allows agriculture and other … [Read more...]
USDA LAUNCHES SNAP ONLINE PURCHASING PILOT
For the first time, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will be able to select and pay for their groceries online, during a two-year test (pilot) launched today in New York State. In making the announcement, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue highlighted online … [Read more...]
U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE DATA NOW AVAILABLE
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about America’s farms and ranches and those who operate them, including new data about on-farm decision making, down to the county level. … [Read more...]
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE REVEALS THE NURSERY, GREENHOUSE, FLORICULTURE AND SOD INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO BE NEW JERSEY’S LEADING AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture 2017 Census of Agriculture released today shows the number of farms in New Jersey has risen by more than 800 since the previous census in 2012. New Jersey is now listed as having 9,883 farms. The amount of land in farms had an increase of almost 20,000 acres at … [Read more...]
USDA TO MEASURE FRUIT AND BERRY PRODUCTION
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its end of season surveys for 2018 fruit and berry production beginning in April 2019. The surveys will collect information about acres, production and prices from more than 3,000 growers in the … [Read more...]
USDA CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE ONE WEEK AWAY
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release the 2017 Census of Agriculture results on Thursday, April 11, at noon ET. The full Census report will include millions of data points, including number of farms, land in farms, total … [Read more...]
PROPOSED BORDER SHUTDOWN WILL CREATE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY FOR FRESH PRODUCE INDUSTRY
On March 27, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan stated that CBP will be reassigning up to 750 CBP officers from ports of entry along the southern border to assist U.S. Border Patrol with the processing of migrant crossings along the border. Because of the … [Read more...]
