Spring is warmer days, blooming daffodils and blue horizons. It’s also a good time to tap the season’s new energy and fresh hope to honestly discuss some of farming and food’s most pressing issues.
California Gov. Jerry Brown broke the bad news from a parched field bereft of greenery or moisture: "We should be standing on 5 feet of snow," he said. "We are in a historic drought."
NPPC: U.S. must address COOL to avoid trade retaliation for ag
The National Pork Producers Council told the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture that the United States must address its mandatory COOL law.
Avian flu forcing global restrictions on U.S. poultry
For 14 months Ohio poultry industry officials and veterinarians have urged prevention to keep an avian influenza strain (H5N2) out of the state that has been identified in other parts of the country.