…5041-A, Washington, DC 20250 For more details see the Federal Register Notice of Invitation for Nominations to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics or visit the NASS Advisory Committee website….
Project to Expand Green Business in California
…of technical assistance and training. Learn more about the Pollution Prevention grant program: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention Learn more about the California Green Business Program: http://www.greenbusinessca.org/ (note: link goes to non-federal Web site)…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…an interactive look at USDA’s work in conservation and forestry over the course of this Administration, visit Caring for our Land, Air and Water: Preserving Precious Natural Resources for Tomorrow….
No Interest Rate Hike, for Now
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged following its latest policy meeting Wednesday. However, the Fed did signal a hike could be due in December as the economy gathers momentum…
Obama Administration Pushing for TPP during Lame-Duck
President Barack Obama is forging ahead in an attempt to get Congress to vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership following the election. The Wall Street Journal writes the Obama Administration will…
Lab System Aims to Protect State’s Livestock
…quick diagnosis, we were able to work with federal and state authorities and within a day put an end to that flock and an end to the potential spread of…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…conservation and other agricultural issues. These competitive grants are made through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is coordinated by the Small Business Administration and administered by 11…
NPPC Joins Groups Urging Court To Nix WOTUS
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) joined dozens of other agricultural organizations, businesses and municipalities in asking a federal court to throw out a Clean Water Act rule that would…
Walnuts, Raisins and Prunes Report
…a handler, for which the only Federal marketing order regulation is a minimum quality or size standard. Reserve tonnage is the tonnage set aside as authorized by a Federal marketing…
Government and Industry Groups Ask Court to Overturn EPA Water Rule
The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with dozens of agricultural, business and municipal entities, asked a federal court to vacate the EPA’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “Waters…
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…worked closely with western states, federal agencies, ranchers, community leaders and other partners to improve management of sagebrush landscapes, with a particular focus on rangeland fire-fighting capacity and the encouragement…
Vilsack as Chief of Staff for Clinton Possible
…campaign chairman John Podesta is Clinton’s top pick for the post, but has made it clear he does not want the same job he held during the Bill Clinton administration….
Farm Lending Declined in Third Quarter 2016
The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank says farm lending at commercial banks fell in the third quarter of 2016 but remained elevated as lenders continued to assess the downturn in…
APHIS Extends Status to Two GE Potatoes
…and comment period from September 23, 2016 to October 24, 2016. APHIS received no new information during the public comment period and prepared a final FONSI and Determination. Federal Register…