Pacific Northwest Ag Network

The Congressional Budget Office released a second cost analysis for the revised AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024.  Radio Ink says the scoring still bodes well for radio.   The estimated budgetary effects of the Senate and House bills are similar.  The CBO esti...

Across the country, skyrocketing prices, wages and operating costs have shuttered hundreds of thousands of American farms.  MSN reports in the past five years alone, over 140,000 American farms have tilled for the last time. Going back to 1950, 66% of all U.S. f...

Over half of the 70 ag economists surveyed in Farm Journal’s Monthly Survey of Ag Economists believe the U.S. agriculture economy is in a recession.  And 75% of the remaining economists believe the Ag economy is on the brink of a recession.  The number of...

The fun, the food, the exploration of a farmers market.  Whether it's a brief walk in your community or in a neighboring area, a short drive away.   “There are over 8000 farmers markets across the country,” noted USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and regulatory programs Jenny Moffitt.  “They're everywhere...

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack emphasized USDA’s commitment to connecting local farmers and producers with schools nationwide that serve meals to about 30 million children every school day.  Vilsack, joining others across the country in celebrating National School Lunch Week and National Farm to School Month, pointed to the Department’s recent investment of $500 million for schools to purchase unprocess

In August, many consumers were happy to hear that grocery store food prices fell 0.1% from July to August.  However, the Food Price Index during September did a big bounce back, going up by almost half a percent.   “That is the highest monthly growth in grocery prices since January," noted USDA economist Megan Sweitzer.  She added the Amer...

Two-thirds of U.S. consumers have used a food-ordering app at least once for takeout, delivery, or both.

American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall said America is bracing for the impact of the massive dockworker strike that threatens to paralyze goods in and out of the U.S.  He pointed out that our nation relies on international trade for everything from electronics to machinery.   “...

An effort is underway to try and reform the Endangered Species Act after over a half-century of what some have called an “abysmal failure”.  House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman of Arkansas, and Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse, have introduced the ESA Amendment Act.   “Which is a produc...

It’s a new effort to promote agriculture and local foods in the Evergreen state.  September has been designated “Eat Local Month” by the state of Washington, with events celebrating locally-grown foods and products.  The groups Eat Local Firs...