…problem with the RFS is refiners being required to buy expensive renewable identification number credits, or RINs, to meet the EPA’s increasing biofuel targets, according to the Washington Examiner. Cruz…
Slight Majority of Americans Favor NAFTA
…are more likely than Democrats to say NAFTA benefits those two countries more than the U.S., and the partisan gap is especially wide when it comes to Mexico. Meanwhile, for…
Farm Bureau Survey Reveals Lowest Thanksgiving Dinner Cost in Five Years
…shopping list for Farm Bureau’s informal survey includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a veggie tray, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee and milk,…
Bringing Persimmons into the Limelight
…University of California, Davis, to select the best cultivars for commercial and home drying. Results of this research, funded by a California Department of Food and Agriculture grant, was recently…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-America Recycles Day
Cathy Isom tells us about a national call to action to reduce, reuse and recycle. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-America Recycles Day Today This…
NAFTA Talks Again Underway
…(11/14/2017). Much of the two-day prelude to the official talks are expected to focus on textiles, labor, cross-border trade and intellectual property. There’s little expectation of talks regarding agriculture, at…
USDA Research to Support Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides, Reduction of Methyl Bromide
…prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural sciences, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/Impacts, sign up for email updates, or follow us on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAImpacts….
Water Managers Prepare for New Rainfall Season
…“Yes, there’s a tendency towards warmer or cooler, wetter or drier, but there’s variability where other things can happen” to skew the forecast, Bair said. As early-November rain rolled in,…
Ten Things Canada Wants From NAFTA Modernization
…that round four of the negotiations was very disappointing to Canadian producers. “When looking at beef and pork, the U.S. and Canada are completely on the same page,” Haney says….
NAFTA Withdrawal Contingency Plans
…The Washington Examiner says those comments come just days ahead of the fifth round of talks between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. There hasn’t been a lot of measurable progress…
Secretary Perdue Launches Veteran Resources at USDA
…America free and deserve the utmost respect. Across the country, these veterans are beginning to fill roles that preserve rural communities while providing for their livelihood. Through these resources, USDA…
USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with Two End-of-Year Surveys
…go to 170,000-row crop producers beginning November 3. Responses are due by January 15, 2018, and NASS will publish county-level results for corn, soybeans, sunflowers, and sorghum on February 22,…
USDA Invests in Integrated Pest Management for Increased Production
…of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, $323,493 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, $195,456 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, $324,449 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, $325,000 University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky,…
China Online Mall To Buy Large Amounts of Beef and Pork
…leading e-commerce platform, to the benefit of both U.S. producers and Chinese consumers,” said Richard Liu, JD.com Chairman and CEO, who participated in the signing ceremony. “China’s shoppers will rest…