The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from any state cattle association or state general farm organization that wants to be certified as eligible…
“We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…universities to major in an agricultural field. This year’s winners, Grace Guthrie and Derrick Nunes, will each receive $2,500 scholarships to be renewed up to four years, totaling $10,000 per…
New ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued
By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service Research showing a higher dose of vitamin D may benefit pregnant women by reducing inflammation is among the new nutrition and health findings in…
USDA Seeks Local Food Grant Reviewers
Applications for Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program and Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it is seeking reviewers to…
House, Senate Transportation Committees Planning a Busy Year
…transportation priorities include updating the nation’s waterways transportation system, and ensuring viable road and rail transport of agricultural commodities and inputs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…current futures markets have increased since last year, many producers continue to face economic challenges. Additional details of the 2017 Cotton Economic Outlook are on the NCC’s website at http://www.cotton.org/econ/reports/annual-outlook.cfm….
February WASDE Report Released This Week
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its February World Ag Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report this week. The 2016/17 U.S. corn outlook is for increasing food, seed, and industrial…
Almond Board: Pollination
As almond growers are getting ready for pollination, Director of Agricultural Affairs for the Almond Board of California, Bob Curtis, says at the field level, best management practices are critical….
Slump in Farmland Values Continues
…in the first quarter of 2017. Farmland Values and Cash Rents Farmland values continued to wane in the fourth quarter, according to the Tenth District Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions….
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…is a partner in the process. “The Farm Bureau has been very, very helpful. They’ve been at all of the meetings and are bringing all of the agricultural interests to…
House Ag Committee Plans Farm Bill Stage Setting Hearing
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing next week that will help set the stage for the next farm bill. The full committee hearing, Rural Economic Outlook: Setting…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…Appointees were selected from nominations submitted by eligible producer organizations, general farm organizations and qualified dairy products promotion, research or nutrition education programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) monitors the…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…five years from now than they face today (Figure 6). Figure 6. Producers’ expectations of agricultural regulations in five years. Ag Thought Leaders On a quarterly basis, 100 agricultural thought…
Agriculture Groups Stress Importance of Trade
More than 80 agriculture groups signed off on a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday, calling on the administration to reduce and eliminate tariffs and other restrictive agricultural policies in…