Growing Organics? FSA Can Help

Taylor HillmanIndustry News Release

…produce organic crops. Through our Conservation Reserve Program, funds can be used to establish shrubs and trees, or support pollinating species that can be planted in blocks or strips, helping…

Agri View: Farm Family Honor

DanAgri View, General

…of American society. A practice continued throughout the nation’s history is family farming. The oldest form of managing crops, a family farm is a farm owned by a family, whose…

Agri View: El Niño Weather

DanAgri View, General, Weather

…of red warmer-than-average sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. (NOAA) Sea-surface water temperatures (SST) in the equatorial east and central Pacific Ocean were still well above average during January,…

Agri View: Soil Care

DanAgri View, Environment, Soil

…bountiful crops and forests, productive grazing lands, diverse wildlife, and beautiful landscapes. Soil does all this by performing five essential functions: Regulating water – Soil helps control where rain, snowmelt,…

Getting Garden Ready

DanFeatures, This Land of Ours

…for early spring color such as pansies, violas, snapdragons, nemesia, sweet peas and alyssum. It is important that your greenhouse is properly ventilated during early spring when fluctuating temperatures are…

Agri View: Foreign Trade

DanAgri View, General

…1980s, but that share is rising. Imports of fish and shellfish, many fresh fruits and vegetables, fruit juices, tree nuts, and salad and cooking oils account for particularly large shares…