…plants; Responded to Record Wildfires and Hurricanes Confronted wildland fires that started in the Southeast and continued through the year in the Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest….
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Pays It Forward with Research Achievements
…country and overseas. Through research, technology transfer and information sharing, the agency’s efforts address agricultural issues of high national importance. These include food safety, consumer nutrition, environmental stewardship, rural development,…
Canada Executives Urging Trudeau to Join U.S.-Free TPP
Business leaders in Canada are trying to sway Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join the now U.S.-free Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. In an open letter, more than a dozen…
Medfly Quarantine in San Mateo County
…56 square miles. The northern border is San Vicente Creek with Lobitos Creek Road on the southern border. On the west, the quarantine area begins at the Pacific Ocean and…
USDA Highlights $40 Million in Infrastructure Investments in Rural Communities
Funding Helps Improve Streets, Transit Facilities and Other Structures to Spur Economic Growth and Create Jobs Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue highlighted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investments in Fiscal Year…
NRCS Invests 84.6 Million Through EQIP for 2017
…seasonal high tunnels, are being embraced in a big way by smaller farmers with fewer resources. These structures help farmers feed nearby communities with less transportation, lowering their costs and…
Chowchilla Dairy Farmer Named 2017 Conservation Agriculture Farmer Innovator
…irrigation that utilizes dairy lagoon water for his silage crops,” said Priscilla Baker, NRCS soil conservationist in Madera. “This project is in partnership with the organization Sustainable Conservation.” McRee received…
General Mills Contributes to National Wheat Foundation
General Mills has sent a contribution of $735,000 to the National Wheat Foundation. The funds are earmarked for the foundation to work with the Soul Health Partnership to advance adoption…
NIFA Supports Increasing Rural Prosperity through Education, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance Programs for the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…York, $404,650 Orange County Partnership for Young Children, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, $292,645 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, $600,000 Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, $498,706 Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture,…
NIFA Funds Food Safety and Nutrition to Promote Safe Food Supply
…production of safe, high-quality, nourishing food.” AFRI is America’s flagship competitive grants program for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. These awards…
Trade Tops China, Canada Meeting Agenda
…almost $21 billion in 2016, led by forest and agricultural products. Officials from China say a potential bilateral trade deal with Canada would boost economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region….
NIFA-Support for Education, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance Programs to Help New Farmers and Ranchers
…Since 2009, NIFA has invested more than $143 million in nearly 300 projects through BFRDP. Among previously funded projects, Hmong American Partnership in St. Paul, Minnesota, built economic prosperity for…
USDA/NIFA Invests in Programs to Increase Crop Productivity, Profitability, and Stewardship of Three Crops
…projects include a University of Idaho project that is developing herbicide-tolerant canola cultivars that allow Pacific Northwest growers to grow canola in rotation with wheat. A University of California project…
Almond Board: Farmland Trusts
…voluntary basis and annually monitoring those ACEs to insure compliance with the terms and conditions. Acquiring land through donations. Working in partnership with private and governmental conservation agencies and organizations….