by Sarah Tulman, Nathaniel Higgins, Robert Williams, Michael Gerling, Charles Dodson, and Bruce McWilliams, Economic Research Service What is the Issue? USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) launched its Microloan program…
Sodexo Food Service Announces New Animal Welfare Standards
…raised in cages. An article on PR Newswire dot com says Sodexo will also source chickens from farms that raise birds in natural light and give them fresh hay bales,…
Wheat Growers Welcome Actions on China Trade
…against China’s excessive market price support for domestic wheat, corn and rice production. “As with its price support case, the USTR is shining a light on other policies that pre-empt…
LBAM Quarantine Boundary Update
Proposed Reduction of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary – San Diego County Light Brown Apple Moth Effective December 9, 2016, the Department has reduced the San Diego County…
Australia Moving on TPP
…according to Politico. The official report gives the government the green light to submit TPP to lawmakers for final approval. Despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to leave the trade…
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…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
…University of Minnesota research team will scout for soybean pests using unmanned aerial vehicles to read light waves reflected off the soybean foliage. A North Carolina State University team will…
Dairy Industry Segment Doesn’t Want TPP
…about their views on the TPP. Over 1,000 farmers responded. The survey was designed to shed light on farmers’ views on low milk prices and other issues affecting dairy farmers…
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Research Beneficial to Agriculture
…mind-boggling. One of the amazing things I saw was a project called “Advanced Light Sources.” It’s an advanced X-Ray system in high demand for a number of innovative research projects….
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…farmers responded. The survey was designed to shed light on farmers’ views on low milk prices and other issues affecting dairy farmers in Wisconsin. Nearly 80 percent of respondents favored…
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
…is critical, in light of inaccuracies and omissions in the article: “We appreciate a continued dialogue on the issue of GMOs and biotechnology. We continue in our work to be…
Fruit Jack O Lanterns
…eat whatever you’ve scooped out! The pineapple does costs a little less than a pumpkin this time of year. When it’s lit, using either a battery-operated tea light or candle,…
Succession Plans can Assure Farms Stay in the Family
…the California Farm Bureau Federation, especially in light of changes in estate-tax law that could be proposed by a new administration and Congress, and a current proposal by the Internal…
Agriculture in the Classroom: Two Tulare County Teachers Team Up
…It’s fun to see students’ eyes light up as they become proud to live in the top agricultural production region in the world.” Beck was inspired. She immediately returned to…