…Protection Act, and expand the scope of the law to include asexually propagated materials such as flowers. ASTA requests the Conference Committee use the language in the House Farm Bill…
Latest Climate Change Assessment Illustrates Farming Challenges of the Future
…impact on irrigated areas, cropping patterns and overall gross revenues. The report highlights the importance of protecting groundwater reserves in order to avoid large economic losses in the agriculture sector….
How, and Best Time, to Plant the “Three Sisters”
…Vegetable gardening…How to plant a three sisters garden. Sustainable prepper garden. Companion gardening and sustainable! Planting organic corn, squash and beans! First Nations Permaculture garden technique or design. “How to…
USDA Scientist Receives the Borlaug Field Award
…endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, at the Sustainable Development Goals Conference in the Netherlands. Rouse The award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievements of individuals under the age of 40, who have…
Canada Ready to Make Concession on Dairy Trade
…key NAFTA dispute-settlement system, preserve safeguards for cultural industries and avert tougher pharmaceutical patent protections. Canada’s dairy, egg and poultry sectors operate under supply management that protects Canadian producers from…
Food Safety Professionals Ensure that “What’s in Your Meat” is Safe and Wholesome
…on our website, but we routinely release data in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for datasets requested by outside organizations. On March 3, 2017, in our haste…
NCGA: USDA Trade Aid Won’t Make Up for Lost Markets
…for the Administration to rescind tariffs, secure trade agreements and allow for year-round sales of higher blends of ethanol; “no-cost actions that would allow for the marketplace to drive demand.”…
USDA Payments Expected After Labor Day
…Management and Budget. Preliminary reports suggest the proposed payment rate for soybeans would be $1.65 per bushel, while corn growers would get only one cent per bushel. Source: National Association…
USDA Expected to Announce Trade Relief Package Friday
…based on preliminary information, is incomplete, and lacks context.” The proposed payment rates are subject to change as the plan is under review by the White House Office of Management…
Water Works: Legislative Compromise in Works for California Water Concerns
…regulatory provisions dictating where and how much water can be used. Over the past ten years, particularly during the period of severe drought, frustration mounted in regard to the management…
Citrus Study Says Regulation Costs to Increase
…Initiative compliant). The impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is hard to predict, according to Babcock. “It will not be possible to calculate the impact of SGMA until…
AFBF, Coalition Seek Reprieve from Order Reviving Flawed WOTUS Rule
…“Enormously consequential national regulations like the WOTUS rule—which subject commonplace activities involved in building, farming, and pest management to a complex and burdensome federal permitting and enforcement scheme—should not apply…
Capitol Water Rally ‘Worth Your Fight’
…percent of unimpaired flows in the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers is especially troubling with the ag industry also preparing for the constraints of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “When…
Concerns Growing over USDA Reorganization
…located in Washington. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition charges further, suggesting that the move “fundamentally endangers, our country’s capacity for agricultural research and development.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting…