…developed a business plan, formed an LLC and partnership, and began expanding their site. What was just an idea a couple of months ago now serves the entire state of…
USDA Grant to Support Future Farmers
…that educate and enhance the sustainability of future farmers in America. The average age of the American farmer is 58 years-old, so the U.S. Department of Agriculture is addressing the…
Meeting Emissions Goals
The American Trucking Association said it was cautiously optimistic that phase two of the Obama Administration’s standards for greenhouse gas and fuel emissions in commercial trucks are reachable. They also…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…From: American Farm Bureau Labor Visa Backlogs Threaten 2016 Crops, Farm Bureau Calls for Action Agency delays in processing visas for workers who tend and harvest America’s food crops are…
APHIS Accepting Applications for FY 2017 NCPN Cooperative Agreements
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit applications for fiscal year (FY) 2017 National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) projects under the 2014 Farm Bill…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…American Indian Arts will partner to use $598,030 to provide education, mentoring and one-on-one technical assistance to American Indian Pueblo beginning farmers. The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, based in North…
Agri View: Equipment Sharing Plan
Everett Griner talks about sharing equipment in today’s Agri View. Equipment Sharing Plan Is it really necessary for every farmer who grows corn to have a costly corn combine? Or…
Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
…efficiency and cut carbon pollution, while bolstering energy security and spurring manufacturing innovation. The final phase two standards were called for by President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, and respond to…
Indonesian Wheat Milling Executives Coming to America
…to the advantages of American wheat. It makes a difference when a buyer can meet with the breeders, grain handlers, and farmers that make U.S. wheat the most reliable supply…
Ranchers, Loggers Express Concerns About Forest Plans
…tree mortality California is experiencing. It also says the draft environmental impact statement fails to discuss California’s declining biomass power plant industry. Without these power plants, it says, wood waste…
Farm Bureau Asks USDA for Emergency Dairy Assistance
The American Farm Bureau Federation wants the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency assistance to dairy farmers. The request follows a call by 61 members of Congress asking USDA to…
Crop Production Forecast
…54 thousand acres, resulting in a yield of 1,733 pounds per acre. California’s American Pima cotton production forecast is 490 thousand bales, up 36 percent from last year. Harvested acreage…
NMPF Asks USDA for Assistance
…to the needy – a measure that would help both farmers, and food insecure Americans who patronize food banks. In a letter sent Friday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, National…
USDA to Approve Non-Browning GM Apple Variety
…APHIS is specifically required to evaluate if the apple varieties are a plant pest risk to agricultural crops or other plants or plant products. The Act defines a plant pest…