…chickpeas, dry peas, sugar, peanuts, barley, rye, hay, honey, hops, maple sap, unprocessed meat and poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, butter, yogurt and renewable biomass. FSFL microloans can also be used…
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…market, food stands, food hubs Farms, ranches, greenhouses, managed forests, aquaponics, cut flowers, herbs, honey, landscape plants Farm-to-table businesses Support services, including scouting, equipment repair, fertilizer sales Value-added processing, including…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…needed in order for the burgeoning market to flourish. Currently, the largest problem with ostrich meat is that there are not enough birds, and the meat is too expensive. Therefore,…
Bison Our National Mammal
…and Oklahoma spawned today’s 2,500 privately ranched herds of bison that provide meat, wool and leather to growing markets. Native Americans are regaining opportunities to re-center their way of life…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…poultry meat, currently as high as 40 percent, will be eliminated within 13 years. This includes tariffs on frozen chicken cuts and offal, which will be eliminated in 11 years….
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…an FMD outbreak, so our producers let their members of Congress know we support efforts to address both matters.” On the issue of uninspected meat, NPPC opposes the “Processing Revival…
Agri View: SNAP Changes
…that rob farmers of early-season buying power; it also cost them hours spent processing the transactions each week (SNAP works on an electronic debit system). Read the full article. From:…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…and tillage are employed strategically to accomplish a site specific service,” said Patrick Hatfield, MSU animal and range sciences professor who is part of the research team. The processing of…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…allocations “don’t have black-and-white implications” for tomato farmers, according to Mike Montna of the California Tomato Growers Association, who predicted plantings of processing tomatoes will decline 14 percent. A lot…
Agri View: Pig Out
…in the same village or town. They were valued as a source of meat, fat and for the ability to turn inedible food into meat, and often fed household food…
Almond Board and Ag in the Classroom
…awareness and understanding of agriculture among future generations. Students will learn about the people involved in growing almonds, development of almond trees and nuts, processing, different uses of almonds, almond…
Pacific Region Livestock Review
…247 pounds. In Hawaii, 700,000 pounds of red meat were produced in February 2016, and 100,000 pounds of red meat were produced in Nevada. United States Commercial Slaughter Commercial red…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…with beneficial microbes, the BIDA® System will begin processing Fetzer Vineyards’ wastewater during the 2016 harvest season, accruing energy savings up to 85% over current wastewater treatment technologies and optimizing…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…processing, packaging and marketing buffalo meat, a first step in identifying potential new market opportunities. Sappa Valley Poultry in Oberlin, Kan., received a $49,663 grant to expand distribution of their…