…Resources Conservation service and actually increase funding by $5.6 million. Another amendment would restore almost a half million dollars to the USDA loan program to address rural broadband infrastructure. The…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…solutions to reinvigorate rural America, the new structures announced today to establish an Innovation Center within RD. The RD Innovation Center will be tasked with evaluating the impacts of the…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
…aim at the measure’s inclusion of certain rural development programs, including the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and wastewater and housing grants, which the White House wants eliminated. From the National Association…
Trump Announces USDA Nominations over Labor Day Weekend
…for farm production and conservation, a post created by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue earlier this year. Trump also nominated Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Greg Ibach to serve as undersecretary…
Apply for Alternative Manure Management Program Grants
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting applications for their Alternative Manure Management Program. Up to $16 million in competitive grant funding will be available. The deadline…
NIFA Support for Food and Agricultural National Needs Fellowship Grants Program
…along with technical knowledge in the food and agricultural disciplines so they can address the emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century.” The National Needs Fellowship Grants Program seeks to…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…competitive grants program that provides funding for foundational and translational research, education, and extension projects in the food and agricultural sciences. AFRI’s Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences Education…
Dow-DuPont Merger Deal Closes
…argued that merging would help them cut costs and drive seed and chemical innovation. However, a Texas A & M study shows seed prices rising 2.3 percent for corn and…
Apply for Grants Offered Through Healthy Soils Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is currently accepting applications for two different grant opportunities being offered as part of the Healthy Soils Program (HSP). Farmers interested in…
Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2018 Coverage
…Production and Conservation Rob Johansson. “The decision is in response to requests by the dairy industry and a number of MPP-Dairy program participants.” To opt out, a producer should not…
Goodyear Using Soybean Oil-Based Rubber in Tires
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is harvesting some unique “seeds” of innovation as it introduces a new tire technology with support from the United Soybean Board (USB). The first…
WOTUS Public Meetings Scheduled
…the conferences will focus on a specific sector, including agriculture, conservation, small entities, construction, and others. The teleconferences will run throughout the fall on Tuesdays beginning September 19, 2017. The…
Urban Agriculturalists Hoping for Beneficial Legislation
…referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee. Meanwhile, the Urban Agriculture Production Act of 2016 aims to establish an outreach program to award grants to support urban farm outreach activities. The…
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 12 new grants totaling $35 million for science-based solutions and new technology for the specialty crop…