…Department of Agriculture (USDA). Hazlett, whose title will be Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, will oversee the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Business Service, and the Rural Housing…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity. Joined by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Director of the White House Office of Management and…
Edible Plants That Are Easy to Grow
There are the plants that come back year after year without the gardener, or farmer, having to do much more than harvest the food. The other trick is to choose…
Do Personality Traits in Pigs Matter?
…The personality research is assisting farmers and pigs adapt to the group housing while protecting social and passive pigs from the more aggressive pigs. Watch the UC Davis video below….
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…Connected with Agriculture and Post-Harvest Processing Industry Water Use: The University of California, Berkeley, California, $463,338 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, $462,499 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, $458,043 University…
Opposition Rising Against Perdue Rural Development Pick
…Service, and the Rural Housing Service within USDA, and report directly to Perdue. However, Senator Debbie Stabenow, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, says many rural groups are…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…safety program, overseeing the plan during harvest, a critical time when produce can become contaminated. Harvest foremen spent almost one-fourth of their time on food safety tasks. Third-party audits were…
California Cherries Poised for Record Year
Cherry harvest in California is just about wrapped up and growers are excited to make up for the previous years of disappointing returns. The official estimate was 8.5 million boxes…
Pig Pens: A Look at Mirrors and Mats
…looks into a mirror may help Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists improve livestock housing. Studying livestock behavior, stress and other well-being and production factors is the job of animal scientist…
ICFA Lobby for Practical Cannabis Growing Guidelines
…use light deprivation techniques. Some of the key points made by the group centered on the co-mingling of ‘harvest batches’ and how cultivation areas will be regulated. ICFA argues that…
Almond Board: Food Safety Symposium
…and “What can the almond industry learn from the recent outbreaks of E. coli in nut flours and butters?” Michael Coates, University of So. Australia: “Harvest moisture and drying conditions…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…program, overseeing the plan during harvest, a critical time when produce can become contaminated. Harvest foremen spent almost one-fourth of their time on food safety tasks. Read more and download…
Pork Checkoff Builds Momentum for Secure Pork Supply Plan
…veterinarian Patrick Webb, director of swine health programs for the Pork Checkoff. This would include the safe movement of animals from farms in a FAD control area to harvest channels…
New Broccoli and Lettuce Cost Studies Released
…hand-harvested into 42-pound cartons containing 24 film-wrapped heads. The hypothetical broccoli farm has 500 acres planted to broccoli. The broccoli is hand-harvested into 21-pound bunch cartons. On each farm, the…