Cricket: It’s What’s For Dinner

Taylor HillmanGeneral

It’s been a refrain for years now: Cows, the most popular livestock in the U.S., need far too many natural resources (water, food, land) to produce each pound of edible…

Lowest Fed Cattle Marketing in March and Why

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USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam looks at why marketings of fed cattle were the lowest for March since the Cattle on Feed report series began in 1996. Lowest Fed Cattle…

USDA Announces Building Blocks for Climate-Smart Agriculture

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…on the right timing, type, placement and quantity of nutrients to reduce nitrous oxide emissions and provide cost savings through efficient application. Livestock Partnerships: Encourage broader deployment of anaerobic digesters,…

ELAP and Honeybees

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Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini explains the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish Program, and its benefits specifically to beekeepers. ELAP and Honeybees…

USDA Designates Imperial County in California as a Primary Natural Disaster Area with Assistance to Producers in Arizona

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…Program, The Livestock Forage Disaster Program, the Livestock Indemnity Program, the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program, and the Tree Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their…

California Ag Day is Coming! Mark Your Calendars!

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…for Agriculture in the Classroom, for this outdoor, springtime event complete with tractors, livestock, flowers, delicious samples, educational materials, cowboy hats, charros, and more. This year’s theme is “California Agriculture:…