…you can’t get outside and enjoy the garden. By now you may be feeling a little cabin fever. During the winter when many flowers are no longer blooming, and branches…
An Easy, Mess-Free Way to Watering Houseplants
…plants this way because the soil will only absorb what it can hold. And you won’t have to worry about splashing water onto sensitive leaves like those of African violets and…
APHIS Staff Worked to Overcome Issues of Burdensome Year
…to protect land from feral swine damage in 37 states. In 2020 APHIS updated its biotechnology regulations for the first time in more than 30 years. The Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent,…
Representative David Scott to Lead U.S. House Agriculture Committee
…Scott the winner. Scott will become the first African American to chair the Agriculture Committee. Outgoing chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota noted that Scott will lead the committee effectively. U.S….
Tri-National Agricultural Accord Highlights Importance of USMCA
…included the future of agriculture and its relation to innovative technology, the prevention and response to African Swine Fever, and the active response to COVID-19. The three representatives also issued…
Proper Way to Fertilize Your Orchids
…fertilizer, especially for orchids and African violets. On tomorrow’s program I will talk about how much light you should and shouldn’t be exposing to the orchids you’re caring for. Listen…
Improvements Coming to the Livestock Insurance Program
…2021 crop year, there be changes implemented in the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance program for cattle and swine. “These changes build upon RMA’s continued effort to make livestock policies…
Poisonous Plants in the Home
…the berries, fever, and rash. Since ivy tends to trail, set it somewhere high off the ground, out of reach of children and pets. Oleander is a popular herb. It…
Mitigating COVID-19 Risk on Farming Operations
…it legal, as an employer, to check employees’ temperatures at the start of every shift? We know one of the three symptoms is individuals running a fever of 101 [degrees]…
Bill to Enhance Agricultural Border Inspections Signed into Law
…African swine fever and other foreign animal diseases to the United States is our top priority,” President of the National Pork Producers Council David Herring said in a news release….
Growing the Marshmallow Plant in Your Garden
…marshmallow plants are edible. Herbalists use this plant to cure dozens of ailments, such as upset stomach, constipation, fever, inflammation, and even acne. I’m Cathy Isom… Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance…
2020 “Growing Together” Black Farmer Conference with Urban Farmers to be Held February 29
…of NRCS California. “NRCS continues to increase its outreach efforts to minority producers. African American farmers, especially in the Central Valley, constitute an important group of farmers who can benefit…
E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…to become an Agribusiness Owner/Manager. Martinez joined the Prairie Center 4-H Club at nine years old. He decided to do a swine entrepreneurship project and has had hogs in his…
NPPC Applauds House Passage of Ag Inspectors Bill
(NPPC) — The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that authorizes funding for 740 new agricultural inspectors at land, air and sea ports to prevent African swine fever (ASF) and…