USDA Offers New Loans for Portable Farm Storage and Handling Equipment Portable Equipment Can Help Producers, including Small-Scale and Local Farmers, Get Products to Market Quickly U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
As California Almond Acreage Grows, Trees Bring Benefits to Agriculture, Environment and Community From the Almond Board of California: The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that California’s almond acreage…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, DC The Honorable Jeff M. Witte, Secretary/Director, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Ms….
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
Cathy Isom tells us about the American Farm Bureau’s Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge. The competition to help rural startups in food and agriculture across the country. That’s coming up on This…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 29
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
It’s Not Just Climate Change
…risk of burning in California through 2050, which is estimated at more than 7 million acres in the next 25 years. Climate change affects the severity of the fire season…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…Agriculture Cooperating with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of…
EPA Efforts To Address Pollinator Health
…plans. State Managed Pollinator Protection Plans Carleton says part of his agency’s effort to address pollinator health concerns involves review and risk assessments of one particular class of pesticides. Review…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…in food production and distribution. Joining Rikkers at the market were representatives from the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, a non-profit organization that operates a farm, mobile market,…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 28
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Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…be quite healthier than traditional red meat, many health conscious consumers throughout the world, who are worried about the risk of heart attacks, high blood pressure, and heart disease, would…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) announced cooperative agreements with 55 partners to educate farmers and other producers that have been underserved by USDA programs historically about Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs…
Dairy: Focus on Defending Common Names Rights
…are taking the form of GI restrictions that risk preventing food companies in many countries from using generic names that have been in commerce for generations. Decades after parmesan, feta…
Bison Our National Mammal
…all 50 states in public and private herds, providing recreation opportunities for wildlife viewers in parks, refuges, zoos, and grasslands while sustaining a multimillion dollar sector of American agriculture. John…