…demonstrates that voluntary, incentive-based conservation methods benefit producers and help to preserve our natural resources,” said Taylor. “Combining conservation and wildlife benefits, while still supporting livestock production, is a clear…
More Cattle Culling Planned in Canada Amid Bovine TB
…strains previously discovered in Canada. It is, however, “closely related” to a strain originating from cattle in central Mexico in 1997. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Japan Still Determined on Completing TPP
…up 85 percent of the pact’s GDP –that effectively gives the U.S. and Japan the power to kill the trade deal. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Mexico Prepared to Modernize NAFTA, Wants Guest-Worker System
…“The circular migration of the past was broken, and that’s when the problems began,” adding “We need to re-establish the movement.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Trump EPA Administrator Pick on the Horizon
…has previously headed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and is a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Cargill, BASF Developing Omega-3 Rich Canola
…replace fish oil in feed rations with oil from EPA/DHA canola. “As a fish feed producer, we need to reduce our dependency on marine resources,” Einar Wathne, president of Cargill…
Spread Cheer, Not Invasive Hungry Pests, This Holiday Season
…from friends and families. Or they can hide in or on firewood brought from another location to light a holiday fire. As such, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…
Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports
by Jerry Cessna, Lindsay Kuberka (USDA/FAS), Christopher G. Davis, Roger Hoskin, USDA Economic Research Service From 2004 to 2014, the value of U.S. dairy product exports more than quadrupled, and…
Agriculture Education Helping Grow the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…to engage K-14 students in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences. These awards, totaling about $841,250, are made through NIFA’s Secondary Education, Two-Year Post-secondary Education, and Agriculture…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…population.” NIFA’s AFRI Foundational: Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment Program supports research on healthy agroecosystems and their underlying natural resources essential to the sustained long-term production of agricultural goods and…
State Water Project Starts at 20 Percent
Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced its initial water allocation for 2017 of 20 percent of the requests…
GAO Says RFS Likely to Fall Short of Greenhouse Gas Goal
…under the RFS to date has been conventional corn-starch ethanol, which achieves smaller greenhouse gas emission reductions compared with advanced biofuels.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Indonesia Planning to Stop Corn Imports by 2018 or Sooner
…in 2013-14 before the restrictions took effect, and the country has purchased around only 800,000 metric tons of corn this year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Bird Flu Expanding Across Europe
…200,000 laying hens to reduce further infection. An estimated 27,000 birds died in the first weeks’ European states confirmed the infections. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….