…and Phenomics of Food Crops and Animals in the Food Security Challenge Area RFA. The commodity boards provided half of the funding for the award in their topic area. The…
USFRA Unveils Agriculture in America Sustainability Report at Sustainable Brands Conference
…– 3:45 p.m. at the Nestlé Good Food Pavilion about raising farm animals humanely, environmentally-sustainably, and profitably. To learn more about SMART Farm and other topics in agriculture, visit www.fooddialogues.com/SMARTFarm….
$7.4 Million for Research on Food Crops and Animals
…food animals. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Research helps us accelerate the development of improved…
State Milk Regulators Ask FDA for Assistance
…that milk is the product of cows and other dairy animals, and that yogurt is the product obtained exclusively from the culturing of dairy ingredients. Absent any regulatory consistency about…
Agri View: Opium, For the Birds
…keep wild animals away from the crop. Still the volume of opium harvested last year was the smallest ever. Creating a mystery for the people who grow it. Well the…
Georgia Lawmakers Ask Perdue to Ditch GIPSA Rules
…their animals how, when and where they want to without GIPSA dictating the transactions.” Under the Donald Trump administration, USDA delayed the effective date for the GIPSA farmer fair practices…
USDA Removes Database on Animal Mistreatment
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture shut down a database that includes information about mistreated, injured, or killed farm animals. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cited privacy…
Help a Horse Day
…National Help a Horse Day. It was founded by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA. The objective: to spread awareness about at-risk horses who…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
…antimicrobial-use practices in 2016 before FDA’s implementation of policies that eliminated the use of medically important antimicrobials for growth promotion purposes in food-producing animals and required veterinary oversight of such…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…and renewable energy production in the rural landscape; and (xiii) address hurdles associated with access to resources on public lands for the rural communities that rely on cattle grazing, timber…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
The Humane Farming Association is once again attempting to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop payments to livestock farmers when their animals are unsheltered and die as a…
National Dairy FARM Program Releases Updated Drug Residue Manual
…over 40,000 dairy producers who participate in the FARM Program. It is a convenient resource used by dairy farmers to review the antibiotics approved for use in dairy animals, and…
Little Time to Reverse Organic Livestock Rules
…indefinitely, and that’s what egg producers are asking for. The rules set treatment standards for organic animals produced for meat, dairy and eggs, including controversial provisions for outdoor access for…
Agri View: Costly Brush Fire Disasters
…Over a million acres of prime grazing land was burned. It wasn’t just grass. Hundreds of cattle were caught in the fire. Some were burned so badly they had to…