Everett Griner talks about producer needs to grow for the future population in today’s Agri View. Growing for Future Population From: National Geographic magazine Where will we find enough food…
USDA Unveils New Improvement to Streamline Crop Reporting
…insurance companies, all working to streamline the information collected from farmers and ranchers who participate in USDA programs. “If you file your report at one location, the data that’s important…
“Farmcation” to Connect Farmers with Urbanites
…serve to their 240 wedding guests later that August. Through the process of growing and providing their own food to guests, Lesser not only saw firsthand how powerful food can…
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
…surrounding markets. “It’s essentially a fresh food market crop,” Smith says. “We have Los Angeles which is a fantastic market for that. They are doing research with different varieties of…
Food Waste Research
Cathy Isom tells us how USDA researchers are studying ways to reduce and possibly recycle food waste. That’s coming up on “This Land of Ours.” Food Waste Research From: USDA…
Agri View: Problem for Honeybees
…Master Beekeeper and Program Associate – Apiculture, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service As though parasitic mites, hive beetles, a new strain of Nosema, and a legion…
Agri View: Meat Buying
…when making purchasing decisions in the meat aisle, according to the Power of Meat survey released by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the North American Meat Institute (NAMI). FMI…
Grilling Safely
…Bridgette Keefe, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA With the summer right around the corner, families across the country will take out their grills and start…
Female Farmer Emoji
…States. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations states that 43 percent of the ag labor force in developing countries is comprised of women. Women play an integral…
Agri View: Different Crops
…food. So which food seems to do the trick? For Americans, pizza lands in the number one spot as the ultimate comfort food. These are some of the results of…
Secretary Ross Visits Dynamic School Ag programs in Calaveras County
…Gardens to Grow In for an Ag mentorship program in the region. Local produce was served for lunch at Calaveras High School. “The power of this program comes from amazing…
Almond Board: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership
…will add particular expertise on the deeper subsurface, below the root zone of the almond trees. This project is part of the Almond Board’s larger Accelerated Innovation Management (AIM) program,…
Where Does Your Food Come From?
…or distribution to households through programs like the National School Lunch Program, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations….
May Dairy Market Report
…push projections for the dairy-income-over-feed-cost margin to its lowest levels since 2013. USDA’s NMPF decision tool for the Margin Protection Program (MPP) now indicates that the MPP margin may fall…