…and Flood Prevention Program. NRCS works with local groups to help prevent floods, protect watersheds, improve agricultural water management and enhance wildlife habitat through this program. “The health of the…
Low-Dust Harvest Makes Process Enjoyable
More and more growers are looking into low-dust harvest options. JP Ranches in Ballico has incorporated low-dust machines, something owner Justine Pitts said was made more possible with the help…
USDA Launches Interactive Data Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the Opioid Crisis
…analysis to guide critical programmatic, business and policy decisions. Today, government, corporate and nonprofit organizations around the world partner with NORC to transform increasingly complex information into useful knowledge. The…
Almond Update: Post-Harvest Nutrition. Do You Need Nitrogen?
Post-harvest Nutrition is important for growers to be thinking about as harvest wraps up. Nitrogen is important for trees but the Almond Board of California’s Senior Manager of Agricultural Research…
USMCA: No Pathway Forward for Beef Labeling
…its backs on U.S. cattle producers.” The organization says the administration missed an opportunity to re-establish a viable country-of-origin labeling program for U.S. beef products. In August, the association sent…
Registration Now Open for 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show
It’s Let’s Geaux! to New Orleans for Thousands of Cattle Industry Members Registration and housing for the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade show is now open. The annual…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…become available, but the elimination of Canada’s Class 7 dairy pricing program is a clear victory for our farmers. We also now have access to an additional 3.6 percent of…
Roberts Offers Hope for Temporary Farm Bill Program Funding
…about 40 programs that could be in trouble because they’ll lack mandatory baseline funding without a new farm bill. Advocates and industry groups are concerned that some of the programs…
Walmart to Require Blockchain to Limit Impact of Food-Borne Illness Outbreaks
…two phases, with the first portion requiring direct suppliers to create one-step back traceability by January 31, 2019. The second phase of the program requires end-to-end traceability all the way…
California Sets the Bar for Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
California led the nation in the amount of funding received through the 2018 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). Of the more than $72 million that the U.S. Department of…
Water Works: Diverse Support of Proposition 3 Water Bond
…money available for programs such as education, affordable housing, and healthcare. The Public Policy Institute of California indicated that in a survey conducted back in July, 58 percent of likely…
Deadline Weekend Likely to Pass with Little Farm Bill, NAFTA Progress
…have funding, including the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program, seen as key units of USDA given the current trade climate. Leaders of the farm bill conference…
Secretary Perdue Rings the Closing Bell at NYSE
…activity, with all these people that I’ve met across the country to celebrate the bounty of the American harvest. I thank the New York Stock Exchange for the opportunity.” Off…
How Much to Plant in the Garden
…24 feet of space to provide roughly 12 pounds of harvest. If it’s Cherry Tomatoes, 35 plants will be needed and about 46 feet of row length to provide about…