…competitive grants program that provides funding for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. AFRI’s Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education…
USDA to Measure Small Grains Production in California and U.S.
…agency is taking a comprehensive look at the 2017 production and supply of small grains, which include wheat, oats, barley, and rye. “The small grains industry is important to California…
Senator Chuck Grassley Pessimistic About Farm Bill This Year
…Grassley sees the Senate Ag Committee starting to write a bill in another month or so. Writing But Grassley says floor action will depend, as it always does, on the…
Perdue Talks NAFTA Benefits with Trump
…of the trade deal. Bloomberg says Perdue is working to convince Trump that NAFTA has been a boon to agriculture. Perdue said the deal does have “rough edges” that could…
Ag Groups Applaud Dairy MPP Exit Announcement
…look forward to working with USDA and Congress to enhance the dairy safety net. “The 2014 farm bill introduced the MPP. The program was intended to offer protection against declines…
Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2018 Coverage
…MPP-Dairy that will provide them with the strongest safety net under a variety of conditions. The online resource, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/mpptool, allows dairy farmers to quickly and easily combine unique…
Agri View: Farm Mechanical Technology
…(top left) Pickup truck-Farm truck, Ford doing what it does best, work!/Cliff McNair/Pinterest (bottom right) Permission for use by Starke County Farm Bureau/article-Off-Road Vehicles on the Farm by Jackie Myers…
Goodyear Using Soybean Oil-Based Rubber in Tires
…commercial use of a new soybean oil-based rubber compound is helping Goodyear enhance tire performance in dry, wet and winter conditions. A Goodyear team of scientists and engineers created a…
Salmonella Vaccine Reduces Animal Disease and Foodborne Illness
…cause disease in food animals, like pigs. Others cause foodborne illness in humans. A new vaccine developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Ames, Iowa, protects against these types…
Raisin Growers Must ‘Opt-in’ to Class Action Lawsuit
…program constituted a “taking” of private property subject to just compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in June. After the harvest of 2010, the USDA no longer…
Autumn Vegetable Planting
…water in the morning but they don’t like to have their leaves watered because their large foliage is susceptible to mildew. These fruits are largely water, so it does play…
Pork Industry Pressing for FMD Vaccine Bank in 2018 Farm Bill
…to include a $150-million per-year FMD vaccine bank. The group writes Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue that the next farm bill “offers the only path” to come up with enough money…
WOTUS Public Meetings Scheduled
…teleconference for agriculture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Registration information can be found on the EPA website (https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule/outreach-meetings). The EPA is following an executive order by President Donald…
Quarantine for Citrus Disease Huanglongbing Extends to Portions of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
…with the USDA, local county agricultural commissioners and the citrus industry, continues to pursue a strategy of controlling the spread of the Asian citrus psyllids while researchers work to find…