Tag: USDA
Climate change or weather extreme?
The USDA would like some staff members to refer to "climate change" as "weather extremes" and "climate change adaption" as "resilience to weather extremes."
USDA forecasts record soybean production
USDA Crop Production report predicts record 88.7 million acres of soybeans will be harvested this year.
Making and breaking the rules
Alan Guebert reflects on recent changes to the USDA budget, and Sam Clovis' nomination to be USDA’s undersecretary of research, education, and economics.
Rural Development isn’t broken…yet
Sonny Perdue says give him a year to fix Rural Development programs. Fix what? The much needed, heavily used programs aren’t broken. Yet.
An artless deal made for trade
Sonny Perdue invoked a 2014 Farm Bill directive to create the undersecretary of trade by eliminating the undersecretary of rural development.
USDA announces restructure
Sec. of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a the creation of an undersecretary for trade and foreign agriculture affairs and changes in Rural Development.
Pass the biscuits and the buck
Alan Guebert gives his view on Perdue’s decision to “slow down” implementation of the nutritional school lunch standards promoted by Michelle Obama.
5 reasons to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture
The Census of Agriculture is an opportunity for farmers to share data that informs legislative decisions, and impacts farm services and support programs.
Sonny Perdue’s big adventure
Sonny Perdue will have his hands full considering America’s slipping hold on the global farm trade and President Trump's clear anti-trade stances.
Perdue is the new secretary of agriculture
Trump's pick for secretary of agriculture has been sworn in.
