…new world of driverless cars, driverless tractors and other agricultural robots will, in the not too distant future, harvest the food we put on our kitchen tables. In fact, agricultural…
Keys (2.0) of Soil Taxonomy available in Spanish
…editorial support was provided by Jenny Sutherland, Editor, National Soil Survey Center. At this time, the Spanish Edition of the Keys is only available as a downloadable PDF at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051546.pdf…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…our farmers and ranchers to accelerate the adoption of scientifically proven technologies and practices that make our state’s agricultural community more sustainable.” Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and…
Dairy Groups Thank Senators
Dairy Groups Thank Senators for Urging Action on Agricultural Issues in Trade Agreement with Europe The dairy industry today praised a bipartisan group of 26 senators for urging U.S. negotiators…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…Ministry of Industry and Trade, among others, to discuss the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Vietnam remains one of the fastest-growing markets for U.S. food and agricultural products,…
Cargo Theft Task Force One Step Closer
A statewide agricultural cargo theft task force is one step closer to being formed as nut thefts continue to be a problem throughout the producing areas of California. Western Agricultural…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…of Ours. Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer” From: Smithsonian-National Museum of American History Ask A Farmer Ask A Farmer connects museum visitors to farmers nationwide for real-time conversations about American…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
Everett Griner gives us unknown facts about peanut butter in today’s Agri View. Peanut Butter From: National Peanut Board Fun Facts: 15 Surprising Facts About Peanuts and Peanut Butter It…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…Last year’s (2015) 20 percent SWP allocation was the second lowest since 1991, when agricultural customers of the SWP got a zero allocation and municipal customers received 30 percent of…
Agri View: Grand Champion
…comes out to $178.57. Read the full article. From: The Denver Post National Western Livestock show grand champion steer earns $117,000 bid By Katy Canada, The Denver Post Sixteen-year-old Macey…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
…letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack underscoring “critical implementation components related to dairy trade.” The U.S. Dairy Export Council, National Milk Producers Federation and…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…Agricultural Research Service. The organization also wants Congress to appropriate at least $5 million for APHIS to set up an offshore FMD vaccine bank and is requesting that APHIS contract…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…Group includes representatives from the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA NIFA, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Environmental Protection Agency, State Departments of Agriculture from California, Florida, Texas and…
Transitioning to Organic Certification
…range of conservation concerns on our farm,” said Conner. “In addition, we use the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) Organic Certification Cost Share program to defray the cost of organic certification….