ERA 39 Multistate Public Policy Issues Education CommitteeRegional Extension Farm Management Committees

Dr. Mechel S. PaggiDirector, Center for Agricultural Business

Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

California State University, Fresnowww.csufcab.com

September 4, 2014Kansas City, Mo

Approximately $3 Billion over 10 years for Horticulture Related Programs (55% over

2008 Farm Bill) Funding highlights through FY 2018*

$1 Billion to purchase specialty crops for schools and service institutions

$400 Million Specialty Crop Research Initiative

$375 Million Specialty Crop Block Grants

$325 Million Consolidated Clean Plant Network

Up to $200 Million Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program

$167.5 Million Organic Agriculture

Up to $140 Million Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive

$45 Million Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops* Alba Collart, Mississippi State

The Message is Everywhere

Unfortunately It is Not Getting Through

Not so Much

There Are OtherObvious Drivers for Promoting

Vegetable and Fruit Consumption

Funding Highlights Per Year

Funding Highlights Per Year

Funding Highlights Per Year

Policy Highlights

Policy Highlights

Crop Insurance & Specialty Crops

Source: Collins, NCIS, 2012.

Policy Highlights

Table 3--Certified organic and total U.S. acreage, selected crops and livestock, 1995-2011            

Total U.S. Certified Certified Certified

Item  

certified

organic     cropland organic/ organic/ organic/

  1995 2000 2005 2008 2011   2005/1 2008/1 2011/11   total 2005 total 2008 total 2011

----------------------------------- Acres -----------------------------------------

------------------------ Acres -------------------------- Percent

U.S. Total: 914,800 1,776,073 4,054,429 4,803,798 5,383,119 796,436,717 843,866,715 843,866,715 0.51% 0.57% 0.64%

Total pasture and rangeland: 2/ 276,300 557,167 2,331,158 2,160,577 2,298,130 486,965,589 473,212,960 473,212,960 0.48% 0.46% 0.49%

Total cropland: 638,500 1,218,905 1,723,271 2,643,221 3,084,989 373,607,141 370,653,755 370,653,755 0.46% 0.71% 0.83%

Grains--

Corn 32,650 77,912 130,672 194,637 234,470 81,759,000 93,600,000 91,921,000 0.16% 0.21% 0.26%

Wheat (including spelt) 120,800 206,474 293,824 415,902 344,644 57,229,000 60,433,000 54,409,000 0.48% 0.69% 0.63%

Oats 13,250 29,771 46,465 57,374 62,015 4,246,000 3,760,000 2,496,000 1.09% 1.53% 2.48%

Barley 17,150 41,904 39,271 46,954 63,903 3,875,000 4,020,000 2,559,000 1.01% 1.17% 2.50%

Sorghum -- 1,602 6,042 16,068 17,360 6,454,000 7,718,000 5,481,000 0.09% 0.21% 0.32%

Rice 8,400 26,870 26,428 49,638 48,533 3,384,000 2,761,000 2,689,000 0.78% 1.80% 1.80%

Millet 18,550 15,103 14,175 11,953 19,293 565,000 570,000 370,000 2.51% 2.10% 5.21%

Rye 2,900 7,488 8,597 11,859 21,458 1,433,000 1,376,000 1,266,000 0.60% 0.86% 1.69%

Beans--

Soybeans 47,200 136,071 122,217 125,621 132,411 72,142,000 63,631,000 77,976,000 0.17% 0.20% 0.17%

Dry beans -- 14,010 10,561 16,465 28,656 1,659,300 1,526,900 1,205,900 0.64% 1.08% 2.38%

Dry peas & lentils 5,900 10,144 17,757 16,987 17,887 1,150,006 1,150,006 1,150,006 1.54% 1.48% 1.56%

Oilseeds--

Flax 5,850 25,076 30,843 21,554 21,468 983,000 354,000 178,000 3.14% 6.09% 12.06%

Sunflowers 14,200 19,342 6,087 18,777 18,072 2,709,000 2,068,000 1,543,000 0.22% 0.91% 1.17%

Hay and silage--

All types 84,100 231,207 411,342 793,442 785,970 61,649,000 61,625,000 55,653,000 0.67% 1.29% 1.41%

Vegetables--

Tomatoes -- 3,063 6,655 9,237 9,271 411,840 432,800 367,510 1.62% 2.13% 2.52%

Lettuce -- 11,410 11,986 27,796 34,967 324,500 361,000 302,500 3.69% 7.70% 11.56%

Carrots -- 5,665 5,737 12,415 12,080 98,870 99,630 84,190 5.80% 12.46% 14.35%

Tree nuts--

All tree nuts -- 4,468 15,986 23,307 23,218 956,300 1,064,300 1,174,500 1.67% 2.19% 1.98%

Fruits--

Citrus -- 6,509 10,152 14,065 18,601 939,000 856,200 811,800 1.08% 1.64% 2.29%

Apples -- 9,270 12,772 17,626 19,542 381,160 398,770 398,770 3.35% 4.42% 4.90%

Grapes -- 12,575 22,800 28,289 38,664 934,750 973,638 973,638 2.44% 2.91% 3.97%

All fruit -- 39,013 81,291 97,760 131,498 3,049,000 2,882,300 2,882,300 2.67% 3.39% 4.56%

Other cropland--

Cotton 32,850 15,027 9,537 15,377 12,030 14,195,400 10,830,300 14,732,400 0.07% 0.14% 0.08%

Peanuts -- 2,085 11,940 16,776 5,066 1,657,000 1,230,000 1,140,600 0.72% 1.36% 0.44%

Potatoes -- 5,433 6,581 8,273 13,258   1,108,400 1,059,600 1,098,900   0.59% 0.78% 1.21%

U.S. U.S. U.S. Certified Certified

animals animals animals organic/ organic/

2005/1 2008/1 2011/1   total 2005 total 2008 total 2011

Percent  

32,684,000 32,435,000 30,850,000 0.11% 0.20% 0.34%

9,058,000 9,266,574 9,150,000 0.96% 2.70% 2.78%

347,917,000 377,492,000 338,428,000 0.69% 1.47% 1.97%

8,740,650,000 8,882,000,000 8,607,600,000 0.12% 0.10% 0.33%

256,270,000 262,460,000 248,500,000   0.06% 0.15% 0.20%

U.S. certified animals:

Livestock--

Beef cows

Milk cows /3

Poultry--

Layer hens

Broilers

Turkeys

1/ USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, www.nass.usda.gov Census of Agriculture, 2002 and 2007, Agicultural Statistics, 2006, 2009 and 2012. 3/ Does not include replacement heifers. Source: 1995, Agrisystems International; 1997-2011, USDA, Economic Research Service, based on information from USDA-accredited State and private organic certifiers.

2012

Rear and release psyllids as biological control agents - an economical and feasible mid-term solution for huanglongbing (HLB) disease

Citrus Research and Development Foundation

Turpen $9,000,000 citrusrdf.org

2012

--Developing sustainable pollination strategies for U.S. specialty crops

Michigan State University

Isaacs $1,697,671 www.aspire4bees.org 

2012--Understanding the global virus distribution in tomato and development of translation genomic tolls to accelerate breeding for resistance

USDA-ARS Ling $1,335,515  

Examples of SCRI Funded Projects

Specialty Crop Research Initiative

Competitive grants based on scientific peer review conducted by

a panel of subject matter experts and a USDA review and ranking for merit, relevance, and

impact conducted by a panel of specialty crop industry representatives.In 2008 Farm Bill Mandatory CCC Funding $50 Million

Annually

In 2014 $80 Million annually in Mandatory CCC Funding

With $25 Million of the funds set aside for Emergency Citrus Disease Research

Specialty Crop Block Grants

Trade Enhancement Provisions

Market Access Program (Section 3102)  MAP is reauthorized at $200 million annually through 2018.

Foreign Market Development Program (Section 3103)FMD is reauthorized at $34.5 million annually through 2018.

Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (Section 3205)Reauthorized for mandatory funding of $9 million annually from 2011 through 2018. Amended to read “technical barriers to trade” rather than “related barriers to trade” in the statute purpose section to allow the program to better address barriers to trade.

Cost-share assistance to eligible U.S. organizations for activities such as consumer advertising, public relations, point-of-sale demonstrations, participation in trade fairs and exhibits, market research and technical assistance.

MAP funds are used for generic marketing and promotion, participants must contribute a minimum 10-percent match. For promotion of branded products, a dollar-for-dollar match is required.

Market Access Program(MAP)

MAP Funding Allocations - FY 2013

TOTAL $172,732,770 Cotton Council International $17,426,331 U.S. Meat Export Federation $14,745,842 Food Export Association of the Midwest $10,484,368

American Hardwood Export Council, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Softwood Export Council, Southern Forest Products Association

$8,848,831

Food Export USA Northeast $8,345,343 Western U.S. Agricultural Trade Association $8,184,708

U.S. Grains Council $7,155,338 Wine Institute $6,973,231 U.S. Wheat Associates $5,859,064 U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association $58,966 Mohair Council of America $49,709 National Hay Association $27,127

54 other organizations; least amount allocated among those

Project agreements with eligible nonprofit U.S. trade organizations to share the costs of certain overseas marketing and promotion activities that are intended to create, expand, or maintain foreign markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products.

Foreign Market Development Cooperator

(Cooperator) Program

Participants in the Cooperator program, must be a nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organization and contribute at least 50 percent of the value of resources provided by FAS for activities conducted under the project agreement.FAS does not provide brand promotion assistance to Cooperators under this program.

Foreign Market Development Program (FMD)

TOTAL $25,405,929 U.S. Wheat Associates $4,146,134 American Soybean Association $4,145,418 Cotton Council International $3,529,886 U.S. Grains Council $3,277,058 American Hardwood Export Council, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Softwood Export Council, Southern Forest Products Association 

$2,787,327

USA Rice Federation $1,414,415 USA Poultry and Egg Export Council $1,171,375 U.S. Meat Export Federation $1,106,364 National Renderers Association $708,762 U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc. $556,832 U.S. Dairy Export Council $526,852 American Peanut Council $507,562 Almond Board of California $240,825 National Sunflower Association $212,376 American Seed Trade Association $203,333 Leather Industries of America $190,149 Cranberry Marketing Committee $160,550 USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council $154,271 American Sheep Industry Association $131,810 U.S. Dry Bean Council $103,916 U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association $83,212 North American Millers Association $38,325 National Hay Association $9,177

• Examples of eligible TASC program activities are preclearance export programs, export protocol and work plan support, technical seminars and workshops, study tours, field surveys, pest and plant disease mitigation research, and pesticide maximum residue limits (MRL) database development. The TASC program is intended to benefit the representative industry as a whole rather than a specific company or branded product.

Technical Assistance to Specialty Crops programs address SPS or related technicalBarriers to exports of U.S. specialty crops

• A Specific example of this is the Almond Board of California’s use of TASC program funds in 2012 to demonstrate to European Union (EU) regulators the almond mycotoxin inspection program, which persuaded the EU to reduce import inspection rates on California almonds.

Thanks for Listening

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Contact: mpaggi@csufresno.edu

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