…Stewards (YES) with her ranching neighbors. The group worked collaboratively with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during development of sediment-reduction standards for the Van Duzen River, allowing the EPA…
Back to the Future? H-2A Program Growth
…surge in H-2A worker popularity to a program from the past. In the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, there was a Bracero program where Mexican workers would live on the farms…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, U.S. businesses and organizations pledging concrete steps to reduce food loss and waste in their operations 50 percent by 2030. Champions announced…
Western View: Trump Won, Now What?
…that kill family farms, and a half dozen other problems our city dwelling neighbors don’t even begin to understand. No, we don’t like the way Trump talks about women. But…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $9.4 million to support 25 research and outreach projects that will help mitigate pests, weeds and…
Canada Expands TB Quarantines
Quarantines related to the discovery of bovine tuberculosis in Canada have expanded into the Saskatchewan providence. Ag Canada reports two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan were added to the list of…
NIFA Focus on Two New Projects
NIFA Grants Focus on Youth Farm Safety and Agricultural Careers for People with Disabilities The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $832,830 in…
Canada Makes Big Investment in Dairy Industry
The Dairy Farmers of Canada organization was very happy with the government’s plans to invest $250 million dollars into the nation’s dairy farms. The government will also contribute $100 million…
Ranchers see Better Pastures, Tough Markets
…this year were 30 to 40 percent lower than his original projections. Falling prices of hay, which he also farms, have hurt his income as well. He noted that many…
Preparing Veterans for Ag Careers
…their own farms. From: Cornell University FARM OPS Veterans often encounter unique obstacles when considering entering into farming. There are over 800,000 military veterans in New York State, but they…
Bird Flu Discovered in European Union
…farm. The Netherlands is especially concerned as their 100 million hens, pigs, cows, and sheep are all packed in tightly on high intensity farms. The close proximity of farms and…
‘One Health’ Antibiotic Awareness
…month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) observes the 20th anniversary of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), along with World Antibiotic Awareness Week and…
Growing Quality Tomatoes with Half the Nitrogen and a Third Less Water
…Farms in Firebaugh. They believe they have hit upon a winning strategy—though their experiments continue. Today, they grow 50 ton per acre tomatoes with half of the nitrogen (120 units)…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Dairy Prices
…year. He feels U.S. markets are in a good position to improve, although there may be a cap on how high it can go because of global factors that impact…