…how agricultural production can work hand in hand with efforts to improve the environment and increase wildlife habitat.” Participants in CRP establish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved grasses…
Americans Wrong on Chicken Facts
…on consumers’ perceptions about chicken production, revealing that nearly 80 percent of Americans mistakenly believe that chicken contains added hormones or steroids, when in fact no chicken sold or raised…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…is likely to diminish continued progress on global food security through production disruption that lead to constraints on local availability and price increases, interrupted transport conduits, and diminished food safety,…
Vilsack Addresses Global Food Security and Climate Change at COP21 in Paris
…climate change on agricultural production and food security. Secretary Vilsack joined Business for Social Responsibility and Field to Market, a consortium of organizations and businesses working toward agricultural sustainability, for…
‘Food Science Fun’ Connects Students to Science
…production. “Food Science Fun” is a new guide that contains 10 activities related to food science. The guide is designed to equip volunteers and professional educators with powerful tools for…
Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Finalization of the Renewable Fuel Standard
…in feedstock production, research, refining capacity, distribution and new market development have resulted in an a sophisticated and growing American biofuels industry. “America’s renewable energy industry has quickly expanded and…
Understanding Antibiotics in Agriculture
What should consumers know about antibiotics in agriculture and livestock production? Registered dietitian nutritionist Nikki Putnam shares her thoughts. Antibiotics in Agriculture As the consumer push to remove antibiotics from…
Collaboration Key to Antibiotic Stewardship
…Apley, professor of production medicine and clinical pharmacology at Kansas State University. “Stewardship is a commitment to a cycle.” With increased antibiotic stewardship comes a greater need for more detailed…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
USDA Pacific region field crop review. COTTON: California Upland cotton production is forecast at 165.0 thousand bales, 23 percent below last year. Harvest acreage is estimated at 46.0 thousand acres,…
Former Ag Secretaries Urge Congress to Pass TPP
…and other countries, we are giving our producers access to new customers and expanding their sales. These sales will generate more farm production, and related activities, that will grow the…
Calif. Nets Nearly $700,000 in USDA Farm-to-School Grants
…school best practices into school culture. Strategies include working with multiple schools, increasing local foods in summer meals, revising policies to facilitate local procurement, increasing school vegetable production, aligning experiential…
Pistachio Industry Preparing for Large Crops
…growers are well aware of the low production seen this year across the state. American Pistachio Growers President Richard Matoian says the industry is set for some huge crop numbers…
Thanksgiving Dinner Up
…meal in our marketbasket,” AFBF Deputy Chief Economist John Anderson said. “There were some production disruptions earlier this year due to the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in the Midwest….
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…in 11 years. Cotton: Japan imported $62 million of U.S. cotton in 2014. Under the TPP agreement, all of Japan’s tariffs on cotton will remain at zero percent. Processed Products:…