Author: The Farm Report

Thanksgiving dinner will cost more. But how much? Americans can cook the classic Thanksgiving meal featuring roast turkey and pumpkin pie for $5.33 a person, according to an informal survey of supermarket prices. But while all sides agree that ingredients for the meal will cost more this year, there is… Continue reading

Nominee would build ‘civil rights culture’ at USDA Declaring “there is no place at USDA for discrimination,” University of Michigan law professor Margo Schlanger told senators on Wednesday that she would build “a civil rights culture” at the USDA if confirmed as assistant secretary for civil rights. At the same… Continue reading

Biofuel groups push for ‘strong’ ethanol mandate, citing climate and gas prices Amid reports the EPA might scale back the ethanol mandate, biofuel groups said on Tuesday there was no U.S. path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions or lower prices at the fuel pump without homegrown ethanol. Senate confirms Bonnie,… Continue reading

Infrastructure package is ‘monumental step forward,’ says Biden America will have the best roads, bridges, ports and airports in the world when the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure law is fully implemented, said President Biden at a bill-signing ceremony on Monday. And he will be on the road to promote the… Continue reading

Biden taps long-time USDA scientist to oversee food safety Jose Esteban, the chief scientist at USDA’s meat inspection agency, is President Biden’s choice to become agriculture undersecretary for food safety, announced the White House. If confirmed by the Senate, Esteban would be the USDA leader on issues ranging from prevention… Continue reading

Food a factor in highest inflation rate in three decades With the U.S. inflation rate at 6.2 percent — the highest it’s been since 1990 — President Biden said the government was on the alert for price gouging as it worked to remove bottlenecks in the supply chain. Inflation has… Continue reading

USDA Supports America’s Heroes Preparedness and defense are critical to America’s food and agriculture sectors and to sustaining and growing rural America. That’s why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking to military veterans across the country to fill the roles that keep America’s food supply safe and secure, preserve… Continue reading

U.S. let in record 317,000 agricultural guest workers With American farmers increasingly relying on foreign agricultural laborers, the Labor Department approved 317,619 seasonal guest workers during the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up 15 percent from a year earlier, a farmworker advocacy group said on Tuesday. Cattle reformers… Continue reading

U.S. hits REvil ransomware group linked to attack on JBS The Justice Department is seeking extradition of a Ukrainian man on ransomware charges and has seized $6.1 million in alleged ransom payments from a Russian man, said Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday. Both men were part of the REvil… Continue reading

USDA: Strong U.S. economy, but falling crop prices in 2022 The red-hot U.S. recovery from the pandemic, with the fastest economic growth rate since 1984, will moderate to a still-strong 3.5 percent in 2022, said the USDA in its first look at the agricultural economy in the new year. Farm-gate… Continue reading