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Livestock Mandatory Reporting - Bringing Transparency to the Marketplace

January 20, 2015 Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator of the AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program

The Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMR) Program was established to expand pricing information available in the livestock industry. Part of USDA Market News data, the information is distributed by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and allows analysts to dive in head first and fulfill all...

Conservation

Minnesota Farmers Restore Coldwater Stream in Driftless Area

September 23, 2015 Julie MacSwain, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Minnesota

Pine Creek wanders through prairies and rocky bluffs, and forests and pastures, including the land where Ryan Pulley raises beef in southeastern Minnesota. Pine Creek is beautiful – fed by limestone springs and home to freshwater trout. Coldwater streams like Pine Creek flow throughout the Driftless...

Conservation

Secretary's Column: USDA’s Accomplishments in 2012

December 28, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Over the course of 2012, farm families and rural communities faced a number of challenges. A record drought impacted much of the country and many were impacted by a major hurricane, flooding and severe storms. However, thanks to the resilience of rural Americans, our communities are still going...

Conservation Rural

Farm Community Effort Leads to Improved Drinking Water for Thousands

March 16, 2018 Amelia Dorch and Chad Douglas, NRCS

All communities depend on clean water and that supply of clean water depends on the actions of members in the community and outside of it. The small city of Kutztown lies within the Saucony Creek watershed in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The watershed is mostly agricultural, dotted with small family...

Conservation

Secretary's Column: Growing Opportunity for Small and Mid-Sized Farmers and Ranchers

March 14, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

The recent Census of Agriculture shows that there is tremendous potential for growth among the smaller producers that make up the middle of American agriculture, but they need our support to get there. That can mean a lot of different things. Some small and mid-sized farms and ranches are happy just...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Carissa Koopmann Rivers

August 31, 2015 Rachael Dubinsky, USDA Office of Communications

As part of our ongoing #womeninag series, we are highlighting a different leading woman in agriculture each month. This month, we profile Carissa Koopmann Rivers, a fifth generation cow/calf rancher from Sunol, Calif., where her family established the Koopmann Ranch in 1918. The Koopmann family has...

Conservation Initiatives

Fighting Drought: Irrigation Improvements Make Believers out of Nevada Dairy Owners

October 20, 2014 Heather Emmons, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nevada

Turn on any news station or open a newspaper in Nevada, and you’ll see the effects of the severe drought, now in its third year in the Silver State. It is leaving farmers and ranchers devastated. Luckily, before the drought’s onslaught, the Moreda Dairy in Yerington, took advantage of a conservation...

Conservation