…international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points in April, 0.6 percent higher than in March. That reading was 19 percent below April 2022 but still five percent higher…
Growing Matters: BeSure! Campaign Helps Protect Pollinators This Spring
…Matters coalition of agricultural companies, BeSure! is supported by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and National Pesticide Safety Education Center (NPSEC). Listen to Eric Ott, Field Development Specialist with Valent, discuss more…
Farm Bureau Foundation Fellows Launch Free Digital Skills and Ag Literacy Lessons
…agricultural literacy more accessible to students across the country, with a focus on rural classrooms. The lessons are part of the Agriculture and Rural Communities Collection, available for free to…
AgNet Weekly: Representative Kat Cammack
…WOTUS, and more. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson is a 30-year media veteran known nationally for her award-winning, balanced, and…
Week in Review: Snowpack Remains Strong & New Fusarium Resistant Strawberries
…Governor Gavin Newsom made some significant administrative adjustments in response to the influx of storm systems that came through California. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to receive the latest agricultural…
Broad Coalition Forms LIBERTY Campaign, Calling for Immigration Reform
…problems “comprehensively” have all met with failure.” Member groups of the LIBERTY Campaign include the Western Growers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. The…
Rice Production Program to Begin Accepting Applications
…May 8. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will be providing up to $250 million in assistance through the program. Assistance payments will be based on 2022 planted and prevented planted…
Celebrating Cinco de Mango
The National Mango Board wants to help you celebrate Cinco de Mango. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The National Mango Board has added something extra to this…
USDA to Establish New Regional Food Business Centers
…California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. “It is so exciting to see 16 organizations, across four states, coming together with us to enhance and expand much-needed business support services to our…
Federal Recommendations on Nutrients Differ from Consumer Intake
…differ from Federal recommendations, and those differences are associated with where they obtain food. Researchers from USDA’s Economic Research Service examined diet patterns based on density—amounts of nutrients consumed per…
Industry Coalition Encouraging Ag Research Support in The Next Farm Bill
…Signatories of the letter include the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, The Fertilizer Institute, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The group point to a 2021 report that…
Additional Assistance for Farm Loan Borrowers
…viable path and ultimately succeed as thriving agricultural businesses.” Borrowers who received these automatic payments include Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct loan borrowers whose interest exceeded principle owed on outstanding…
World Bank: Commodity Prices to Drop Through 2024
…report says. Overall, commodity prices are expected to fall by 21 percent in 2023, relative to last year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This…
Growing Matters: BeSure! Campaign Offers Tips for Stewardship
…of agricultural companies, BeSure! is supported by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and National Pesticide Safety Education Center (NPSEC). Listen to Garrett Gilcrease, Agronomy Service Representative at Syngenta, discuss more about the…