Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes the latest citrus crop forecast, a grower’s thoughts on the Fast Track program and a report from the Florida Department…
AFB’s Our Food Link Program
…Food Link grant program and how it is helping consumers learn about ag and where their food comes from. Food Link Grant Program To learn more – go to www.fb.org…
USDA Invests $6.7 Million in 544 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Nationwide
…visit to the Snake River Brewing Company, in Jackson, Wyo. The company received a $13,810 USDA Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to install a solar panel…
Farm Bureau Hails Committee Action To Stop EPA Overreach
…measure soon. The sooner Congress acts, the sooner the agencies can re-craft a rule that more accurately reflects the will of Congress and respects the concerns of all affected parties.”…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Interior Secretary Jewell Outline Wildfire Threat During Upcoming Fire Season
…forest system and working with communities to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire. Through programs like the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program and implementation of the National Cohesive Strategy, restoration…
Packages Disaster Protection with Loans
…nor be a beginning, limited resource, or underserved farmer, to be eligible for Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program assistance. To learn more, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/nap or www.fsa.usda.gov/farmloans, or contact your local…
PMA Issues Statement of the Country-of-Origin Labeling Amendments Act
…uncompetitive, but also through the uncertainty that this will create for long-term contracts. We urge Congress to act quickly to approve H.R. 2393.” Read more in a letter that PMA…
Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
…operating loans, they make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other agricultural issues. Members serve three-year terms. Nationwide, there are about 7,800…
Forest Service Chief Invites Public Participation in National Get Outdoors Day
…The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. Public lands the Forest…
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Repair Housing in Rural Communities
…Rural Development’s Housing Preservation Grant program. “These grants help rural homeowners and rental housing owners repair and improve their properties,” Vilsack said. “Funds may be used to resolve health or…
A New Program to Boost Availability of Gas With More Ethanol
Today Cathy Isom tells us about the new program that could make it easier for us to fill up our vehicles with more renewable fuels. Biofuels…
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Potential and Research
…so they could share knowledge. The California Avocado Commission Research Program Director Tim Spann says Israel has seen the pest in avocado groves longer than we have in California. The…
The Western View: Saving Butterflies
…to work on solutions. The US Fish and Wildlife Service created citizen scientist programs which help monitor the health of the species by volunteers and professionals. Federal funds were dedicated…
Commodity Groups Meet to Review Sustainability Progress, Share Ideas for the Future
…Several of the groups have already made key gains, due in part to ongoing programs which were highlighted during the meeting. A sample of these programs include: The Almond Board…
