The state of California will be offering $57 million in food processing grants in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The grant funding distributed by the new Food Production…
AFBF Foundation: Apply for John Deere Teacher Resource Kits by Aug. 15
Courtesy AFBF Foundation for Agriculture Kindergarten through fifth-grade educators working in schools are encouraged to apply by August 15th for resource kit grants courtesy of John Deere and the American…
USDA Partners to Improve Rural Water Infrastructure
…in 35 states through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. The funds can be used to finance drinking water, storm water drainage and waste disposal systems for…
Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications
…grant through the Regional Innovation Strategies i6 Challenge and Seed Fund Support Grants competition and the BlueTechValley innovation cluster funded by the California Energy Commission. For more information, visit www.valleyventures.org…
CDFA Awards $69.9 Million for Dairy Digester Projects
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $69.9 million in grant funding to 40 dairy digester projects across the state. These projects, part of the Dairy Digester…
USDA Supports Local Foods in Schools through Farm to School Grants
…brings the total USDA investment in Farm to School Grants to over $25 million across 350 farm to school projects since the program began in 2013. The grants have been…
Grant Awarded for Studying Livestock Antimicrobials Impact
A $3.1 million grant will fund research studying the impacts of California’s new legislation limiting the use of antimicrobial drugs given to livestock raised in the state. Meat industry publication…
Senate Farm Bill Receives Stamp of Approval from CFBF
…Bill. “Not only do they have that language that prioritizes mechanization in a few different grant programs, but it also carves out some funding so that those funds will be…
NACD Reacts To Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Draft
…programs to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), while at the same time authorizing a grant program that would erode the current conservation system with its appropriate checks and balances….
Bayer Closes Monsanto Acquisition
…Hugh Grant, outgoing Chairman and CEO of Monsanto. “I am proud of the path we have paved as Monsanto and look forward to the combined company helping move modern agriculture…
Ethanol Coalition Sues EPA Over Secretive RFS Waivers
…have estimated in financial disclosures that the exemptions saved them roughly $170 million in costs. The petitioners aren’t challenging the EPA’s authority to grant the waivers. They’re challenging these three…
Grassley-Conaway Subsidy Feud Escalates
…House Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows failed in his effort to promote an amendment that would rein in how much USDA is authorized to grant farmers coping with low commodity…
House Members Want Thailand Ban of U.S. Pork Ended
…enjoyed by Thailand if it doesn’t grant reciprocal access to American goods. Jim Heimerl, National Pork Producers President, says it’s time for Thailand to end its unwarranted ban on U.S….
House Will Take Up Farm Bill This Week
…Friday. The House Rules Committee has issued a notice that it expects to “grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 2, the…