…that USDA use the same 5-percent threshold employed by the National Organic Program (NOP), another marketing program administered by the department. Under this approach, the minimum disclosure level for bioengineered…
IBM Announces New Food Traceability Program
…in the global supply food chain that can benefit from the IBM program Blockchain. An IBM news release says every year, one in four people falls ill, and 400,000 dies,…
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
…stakeholders. NIFA has invested more than $400 million through the SCRI program to date. Among past projects, a University of Maryland project developed a wireless irrigation system to save water,…
Agri View: Costly and Abused Help
Everett Griner talks about a government program that is costly and abused in today’s Agri View. Costly and Abused Help I suppose every community in America has its own program…
ISU Study Shows No Impact of RFS on Greenhouse Gasses
…(GHG) emissions. “The results confirm that the current RFS program considerably benefits the agriculture sector, but also leads to overall welfare gains for the United States,” according to the study’s…
Impending Avocado Production Uptick Due to Drought Impacts
California avocado production is set to increase next season, and mainstream media reports have attributed that gain to new plantings. California Avocado Commission Research Program Director Tim Spann said that…
Perdue Announces Tony Tooke as New Forest Service Chief
…in Forestry from Mississippi State University. He was in the Forest Service’s inaugural class of the Senior Leadership Program, and he has completed the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program….
Plant Now for Fall Harvest
Cathy Isom fills us in about some things to plant right now for the Fall harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Plant Now for Fall Harvest Now…
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
…Association President Bob Dinneen says the study model showed a more than 14-billion-dollar direct benefit to the farm sector…tape Benefit Thereby saving taxpayers on increased farm program costs, and consumers…
South Korea Lifts U.S. Poultry Ban
…OIE guidelines. “The United States has the strongest avian influenza surveillance program in the world and we were at once able to quickly identify, confine, and control this most recent…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…RFS program considerably benefits the agriculture sector, but also leads to overall welfare gains for the United States,” according to the study’s authors, Iowa State University economists GianCarlo Moschini, Harvey…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…he must remain a farmer. Enacted as part of the county’s new Local Coastal Program, and officially approved by the California Coastal Commission, the mandate requires landowners to remain “actively…
Deadline Approaching for Producer Feedback on FARM Program Resources and Tools
…to their operations. The results will help FARM’s Animal Care program better provide cooperatives and farmers with the appropriate guidance and materials required of program participants. Survey questions address topics…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. Producers are facing significant challenges this marketing year, and the Program is responding with initiatives intended to help margins in the short-term while staying…