…about harnessing the creativity and innovation that Californians have shown during the driest years in state history and making water conservation a way of life in the years ahead,” said…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
By Sandra Avant, Agriculture Research Service ARS scientists have developed a method that rapidly estimates the amount of acrylamide in white potato French fries. (Photo by Stephen Ausmus.) A technique…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 30
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Farmers and Ranchers to Protect Working Grasslands
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept more than 504,000 acres that were offered by producers during…
More Cattle Culling Planned in Canada Amid Bovine TB
…follows a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that bovine TB was detected in a cow from Alberta at a U.S. packing plant. The strain of the bovine TB…
Trump EPA Administrator Pick on the Horizon
…the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Both candidates oppose the EPA’s Waters of the U.S. rule, also opposed by most agriculture groups….
Cargill, BASF Developing Omega-3 Rich Canola
…industry,” said Mark Christiansen, managing director for Global Edible Oil Solutions-Specialties at Cargill. This innovation may also broaden access to EPA and DHA omega-3s in consumer diets and make important…
National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board Nominees Sought
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking fluid milk processors and other interested parties to nominate candidates to serve on the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Agriculture Secretary…
Agriculture Education Helping Grow the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…Community College’s sustainable agriculture project will establish a collaborative network among all sustainable agriculture educators throughout Kansas to develop an associate degree in sustainable agriculture. Previously funded projects include a…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 29
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Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 18 grants totaling more than $6.7 million for research to discover how components of the agroecosystem,…
Indonesia Planning to Stop Corn Imports by 2018 or Sooner
Indonesia plans to halt imports of corn by 2018 “at the latest,” according to the country’s agriculture minister. Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today reports Indonesia’s government is working to boost…
Vilsack Disappointed in China Biotech Approval Delays
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed disappointment following meetings between the U.S. and China last week that failed to make progress on biotechnology approval delays. The U.S.-China Joint Commission on…
CDFA SWEEP Program Awards 167 Projects
SWEEP is funded through California’s Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has selected 167 projects, totaling $22 million, to receive grants from the State Water…