…of irrigation at the annual Almond Conference. The conference is December 6-8 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Advance registration is encouraged. You can register online at the almond conference website….
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…SNAP access at farmers markets, can be found online at New Markets, New Opportunities. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates…
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
…Statistics Service will be broadcast live for the 22nd consecutive year, at noon on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, on the Southeast AgNet Radio Network and online at www.SoutheastAgNet.com, www.AgNetWest.com and…
USDA GMO Labeling Study Waiting on Funding
…The mandatory labeling bill allows for scannable codes on food packaging that directs consumers to label information online through a smartphone. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Millennials and Organic: a winning combination
…generational attitudes and beliefs regarding the USDA Organic label. The target audience included a national online panel of U.S. households supplemented with KIWI Magazine’s Parents’ Advisory Board. All respondents had…
Organic Research and Extension Programs Funding
…processers more insight into the science and economics of successful organic production. One of this year’s planning grant recipients, Oregon State University, received $250,000 to develop an online graduate certificate…
Antibiotic Resistance Can Occur Naturally in Soil Bacteria
…how best to manage antibiotic resistance in agricultural productions. Read more about this research in the September 2016 issue of AgResearch online. ARS is USDA’s principal in-house scientific research agency….
Experts Interpret Overtime Bill’s Effect on Farms
…assistance for its subscribers, both through the FELS Newsletter and online at www.FELS.net. For more information, call 800-753-9073, fax 916-561-5696 or email fels@fels.net. Steve Adler is associate editor of Ag…
Food Products Database
…free. Go online and search USDA for Branded Food Products Database. From: USDA Branded Food Products Database Launched with Nutrition Details on Over 80,000 Brand Names Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…
Funding for 2016 “CalAgPlate” Grant Program
…farming community,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “The purchase of a CalAgPlate helps to fund educational opportunities statewide which include agricultural workshops, farm tours and the State FFA Leadership Conference….
Beef Checkoff Education Webpage
Cathy Isom tells you about the new online tools designed to beef up your learning experience in the field and on the farm. That’s coming up on This Land of…
House Ag Committee Modernizes Packers and Stockyards Act
…offered in connection with buying and selling livestock through online, video, and other electronic methods. The Meating Place Dot Com website says the bill also updates acceptable payment methods, including…
National Food Safety Month
…Month. And this year’s theme is “Notorious Virus”. Experts will share information and online tools on how to protect from some of the leading causes of foodborne illness – Norovirus…
Farm to School Grants to Increase Local Foods in Schools
…2013-2016, visit the grant awards page. A full list of this year’s grantees will be posted online once the selection is announced in spring 2017. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service…