…many hardships. Nearly 85 percent of persistent poverty counties are located in rural areas and over six million rural Americans, including about 1.5 million children, live in poverty today. Funding…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
USDA Awards $16 Million for Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods Next Round of Funding Will Support Pollinator Health, Plant and Animal Phenomics Research The U.S. Department of…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
USDA Announces $6 Million in Available Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance Research The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $6 million to fund research to address antimicrobial resistance…
Latest Push To Combat Citrus Greening
Researchers studying ways to address citrus greening will soon have more support in their efforts through USDA funding availability. Rod Bain has the story. Latest Push To Combat Citrus Greening…
Biofuels and Bioproducts
…at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in a program funded in part by BETO. Since then, BETO has competitively awarded additional funding to Lygos through the Small Business Vouchers Pilot, an…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…requested over $9 million in funding. Cooperative agreements, encompassing more than 28 states, will be between $20,000 and $75,000 each and several involve multi-state or national efforts. A list of…
NRCS Hosts Mid-year Advisory Meeting
…technical support and Farm Bill funding assistance,” said Suarez. “Ongoing input from attendees is critical to help us prioritize conservation needs throughout the state.” The meeting’s agenda includes the following:…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…fields, providing data to evaluate the success of various conservation efforts. The funding is available to farmers located across key watersheds in nine states and is part of USDA’s ongoing…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…them to the needs of a growing population would require $1 trillion over 25 years. Without that funding, customers will see drastic changes in their water services, including increased risks…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…Agriculture The 2016 SWEEP funding arises from Budget Act of 2015, SB 101, (Chapter 321, Statues of 2015), which authorizes CDFA to “support greenhouse gas emission reductions through water and…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
…form a statewide Agricultural Cargo Theft Task Force geared to bringing law enforcement together on a statewide basis and create a mechanism to receive funding to support activities to help…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…this challenge by funding innovative research and sharing in the cost of both time-tested and cutting edge conservation practices, or we can thank them for feeding the world by regulating…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…the National Pork Producers Council biannual legislative fly-in. Producers from 20 states visited their senators’ and representatives’ Capitol Hill offices, urging them to back federal funding for addressing antibiotic resistance…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…known as citrus greening disease. This funding is available through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program (CDRE), which was authorized by the 2014 Farm…