…USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to achieve the mutual objective of providing technical assistance to SWEEP applicants. Technical assistance workshops that provide hands-on application assistance are critical to the success…
White House Asked to Challenge WHO Proposal Discouraging Dairy for Children up to Age 3
…decades of sound nutrition and medical advice, charged the National Milk Producers Federation, the International Dairy Foods Association and the U.S. Dairy Export Council in a letter to the Obama…
Funding to Relieve Veterinarian Shortages
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $2.4 million in available funding to relieve veterinarian shortage situations through education, extension and training as…
Foreign Fruits-Veggies
…and Environment Oregon & OSPIRG on local and national political campaigns. His environmental journalism can be found throughout the web, which also includes regular contributions to sites like Ecolocalizer.com and…
Agri View: Pollinator Extinction
…in North America and Europe; there’s been less research on pollinators in Africa and Asia.” It was released by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which operates…
People’s Gardens Across Government
…classes, taught by USDA employees from the Agricultural Marketing Service, Food and Nutrition Service, and Food Safety and Inspection Service, are offered between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. In addition,…
Snowpack Melting at Record Speed
…and final 2016 forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. “In the Pacific Northwest, low precipitation and high temperatures led to a dramatic reduction in snowpack,”…
NPPC Capital Update
…two weeks after USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) decided that, based on its review of the value of four trademarks the National Pork Board purchased from NPPC, it would continue…
Veteran’s Vision
…to farming for our veterans and service-members is much needed. Soldier Agricultural Vocational Education, or S.A.V.E farm, will bridge the gap providing a home-like training center where they can learn…
Agri View: Olives in Florida?
…7,513 jobs since 2007, according to researchers with the University of Florida Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences. After conducting his own research on the viability of growing olives in…
Wildland Fires in a Tube
…States (Credit: Yongho Kim) According to the National Fire Center, two fires are burning right now in my state of North Carolina alone. When you consider what could be happening…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…to expire this fall. Over three million acres have been offered for enrollment this year across the three main categories within CRP, with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) receiving over…
Proposed ACP Quarantine Changes
…about the issue in Tulare and Ventura Counties. The Tulare County meetings are taking place this week at the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office. The Ventura County meeting will be…
Two Sides of TPP
…as the National Farmers Union are also against the TPP as it currently stands. However, other major groups like the American Farm Bureau and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association say not…