The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $2.9 million in funding for research to improve biorefinery technologies. The Integrated Biorefinery…
License Plate Program Awards Ag Education
…California Special Interest Plate (CalAgPlate) grant program. “The CalAgPlate program helps to support agricultural education and leadership opportunities,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “Every purchase and renewal of a CalAgPlate…
National Alfalfa Checkoff Launches on January 1st
…a shortfall in alfalfa research funding. An article on Western Farm Press Dot Com says the Alliance Board of Directors voted to start a national checkoff program to help get…
Budget Patch Averts Ag Lending Crisis
…passed by Congress. The budget patch gives the U.S. Department of Agriculture the wherewithal to meet an expanding demand for farm loans by using future funding. USDA lending has no…
Almond Assessment Increase Approved
…shot in the arm with some additional funding,” said Richard Waycott, President and CEO of ABC. “We need to invest now by keeping demand ahead of supply.” There are three…
Cardiovascular Disease and Red Meat Consumption
…including inflammation and blood glucose control.” This research was supported by Purdue’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center National Institutes of Health T32 training grant and postdoctoral fellowship. Campbell received support for…
USDA: $5 Million in Funds for Smart Technology Innovations in Agriculture
…generation of internet-connected agricultural implements and resources through the Cyber Physical Systems program. Funding for this program is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the…
Women Earn Nearly Half of Ag Doctorates, Hold 23 Percent of Academic Post
Despite earning 44 percent of the doctorates in agricultural sciences, women hold just 23 percent of the tenure-track faculty positions at U.S. land-grant universities, according to a new study by…
Conservation Districts to Lead Record 25 RCPP Projects in 2017
…total of $225 million in funding for 2017 (with the private sector contributing up to an additional $500 million) for 88 new RCPP projects to improve water quality and quantity,…
USDA Invests in Innovative Conservation Partnerships
…in federal funding as part of the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). In addition, partners have proposed to contribute up to an additional $500 million to improve the nation’s…
CA Dairy Farmers Navigating Methane Reduction Bill
…the regulations are technologically and financially feasible. “This gives families seven years to prepare and to implement reductions voluntarily with incentive funding,” Sousa says. The state of California has $50…
Protecting Natural Resources Through Joint Chiefs’ Partnership
…implement the newly added projects. With this funding, Joint Chiefs’ projects will extend to 29 states. “This collaboration helps local partners meet the growing challenges that come with protecting communities,…
EU and Japan Finalizing Free Trade Agreement Talks
…opens to EU farm goods and Europe can grant open access to cars from Japan. EU trade officials say negotiators made significant progress in the past two weeks, and Japan…
President Signs Water Bill with Drought Provisions
…Obama signed the bill into law today. The bill allocates $558 million toward drought relief in California. Water deliveries will increase south of the delta and funding will be allocated…