…don’t need to purchase the equipment to take advantage of the incentive. From the Almond Board of California: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has raised its rate of financial…
USDA Trade Mission to Explore Export Opportunities in Middle East, North Africa
…Algeria and Jordan who will come to Cairo just for this event,” said Mark Slupek, deputy administrator of the Office of Trade Programs for USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. The Middle…
India Still Top Global Milk Producer
…70 billion tons, each. In 2016, total production reached 154 billion tons compared with 96 billion produced in the United States. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Trump May Seek Only Minor Tweaks to NAFTA
…the draft could be revised. The administration must give Congress 90 days’ notice under trade law before beginning formal NAFTA renegotiations. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
USDA Warns it Only Takes One Person to Spread Harmful Invasive Pests
…spread these invasive pests to a new area. That’s why USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has designated April as Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month. Spring…
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 4 Percent
…the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Other key findings in the report were: Of the 71.0 million hogs…
$1.9 Million for Alfalfa and Forage Research
…productivity, profitability, and conservation of natural resources through conventional and organic forage and seed production systems. In FY 2017, AFRP will support the development of improved alfalfa forage and seed…
New Funding Opportunities for Higher Education
…baccalaureate or master’s degree level food, agricultural, natural resources, and human sciences (FANH) education and first professional degree-level education in veterinary medicine (DVM). HEC projects may improve the economic health…
Snowpack’s Water Content Remains Far above Average
…by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada found a SWE of 46.1 inches, 183 percent of the late March/early April long-term average at…
Farm Bureau Cheers Perdue Committee Vote, Urges Full Senate to Confirm
…of handling and exporting the food Americans grow for the world. He is a real-world farmer who wants to build on farmers’ successful efforts to sustain and conserve the natural…
California and Australia – a Continuing Partnership
…Gunasekara, CDFA Science Advisor; Paul Wenger, California Farm Bureau Federation; Carlos Suarez, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Jan Hopmans, University of California, Davis; Dave Long, Hilltop Ranch/Merced Irrigation District; Emily…
Air Quality Discussions Include ‘No-Farm Days’
…said setting a mandate to replace all almond harvesters by that time is almost impossible. A program through the Natural Resources Conservation Service can help growers replace harvesters, and some…
Report Names Ag Labor in Human Trafficking List
…for federally funded legal services, making it extremely difficult to secure services for victims in landscaping. Sixty-three percent of hotline cases involved men from Mexico. Some of the workers were…
Very Early Planting Not Worth the Risks
…early planted crops. Planting very early also affects insurability, and if the crop needs to be replanted, can increase production costs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….