…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….
Earth Day – the History
…for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media; persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair; and recruited Denis Hayes from Harvard as…
Agri View: SNAP Changes
…by the Food and Nutrition Service on or before April 18, 2016. Addresses The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA, invites interested persons to submit comments on this proposed rule….
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…legislators and, “hold the agricultural industry to the same level of responsibility as other industries.” A large, red button on the website labeled, “Take action! We’ve made it simple,” allowed…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
…with notification in March 2017. Professional Development projects focus on training agricultural professionals to help them spread knowledge about sustainable agriculture concepts and practices. Proposals are due noon MDT, November…
Citrus Regulation Scoping Meeting Scheduled
…for proposed regulation changes regarding citrus commodities. Enclosed are the agendas for each day. Date: Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6, 2016 9:00am – 5:00pm Location: Tulare County Agricultural…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
Organic Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming by Kelly Flynn, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Sheep graze on cover crops in a Montana State University sustainable farming…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…the National Cotton Council has challenged, saying it has no merit. “American cotton growers remain under assault, and the problems just keep coming. Just last week, China announced it will…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…Challenges By Ben Potter AgWeb.com Innovation Editor At the National Cotton Council’s 78th annual meeting, economists told delegates that ample global stocks, low cotton prices and other uncertainties around global…