Seafood, including fish with omega-3 fatty acids, can offer health benefits, yet Americans do not eat as much seafood as they should. Rod Bain reports. Sponsored ContentProtecting Your Operation from …
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review August 21
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: Feeding Families with the People’s Garden, …
Agri View: Oyster Farming
Everett Griner talks about oyster farming, a growing enterprise, in today’s Agri View. Oyster Farming Sponsored ContentProtecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire AntsJuly 11, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024Controlling …
Farm Bureau Convention Planned for Orlando
What to expect at the 2016 American Farm Bureau Annual Convention and IDEAg trade show – and when you can begin registration. Farm Bureau Convention The 2016 convention keynote speaker …
WTO Rules against U.S.’ Country of Origin Labeling Requirements
From the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture: Today, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body ruled against the United States’ Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for meat, upholding the …
Agri View: Fish Farming
Everett Griner talks about what we don’t know about imported fish in today’s Agri View. Fish Farming Sponsored ContentProtecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire AntsJuly 11, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Fresno Drought Forum is an Opportunity for Agriculture
From CDFA: By Craig McNamara, President, California State Board of Food and Agriculture Tomorrow (May 5), the California State Board of Food and Agriculture will be hosting a drought forum …
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
From CDFA California’s farms face growing water management challenges California is an agricultural powerhouse—the nation’s largest farm state and a world market leader, with 2012 sales of $48 billion (Note …
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
Farm Bill Program Offers Producers Relief for 2014 Losses in more than 40 States The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency today announced that nearly 2,700 applicants will …
A New Way to Protect Catfish from a Deadly Disease?
Today Cathy Isom checks out the new way to protect catfish from a fatal disease by using an old medicinal remedy. Catfish Medicine Sponsored ContentProtecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire …
Agri View: Aquaculture
Everett Griner talks about oyster farming steadily growing in today’s Agri View. Aquaculture Sponsored ContentProtecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire AntsJuly 11, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024Controlling Fire Ants …
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on National Agriculture Day
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement: “On this National Agriculture Day, we acknowledge the impact of American agriculture on our daily lives and our nation’s economy. We …
Secretary Vilsack and Former Agriculture Secretaries Veneman and Glickman Announce Bipartisan Efforts to Expand Trade
Bipartisan Group Urging Passage of Trade Legislation Critical to Agriculture Economy Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Ann Veneman (George W. Bush Administration) and Dan Glickman …
USDA Provides One-Time Extension of Deadline to Update Base Acres or Yield History for ARC/PLC Programs
Farmers Now Have Until March 31 to Update Yields and Reallocate Base Acres; Deadline for Choosing Between ARC and PLC also Remains March 31 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today …