…the final phase of the 2016 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). ARMS is a joint effort between NASS and USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). The survey is an annual program…
Cost Share Opportunities for Organic Producers/Handlers
…Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) and the Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program, and at the same time provide more opportunities for organic producers to access other…
Almond Orchard of the Future Fuels Industry Growth
…what the almond orchard of the future might look like. “That is sort of captured in the overall umbrella of everything we are doing, which is accelerated innovation management,” Waycott…
Protecting Natural Resources Through Joint Chiefs’ Partnership
…Project (Nebraska National Forest and Pawnee National Grasslands) $874,746 (Forest Service $547,336 NRCS $327,410) Oregon – Salmon Superhwy Basin Management Project (Siuslaw National Forest) $412,855 (Forest Service $162,855 NRCS $250,000)…
CRP Incentive For Forest Land Management
Brad Pfaff of the Farm Service Agency explains a new financial incentive for management of forests on lands enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program. Forest Land Management…
U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council Members Named
…U.S. Secretary of Agriculture administer the program. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council in accordance with the Commodity Promotion, Research and Information Act…
National Processed Raspberry Council Members Named
…with the Commodity Promotion, Research and Information Act of 1996 and the Processed Raspberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order. USDA encourages board membership that reflects the diversity of the individuals…
President Signs Water Bill with Drought Provisions
…growing water demands and drought-based uncertainty. Title III, Subtitle J, also includes short term provisions governing operations of the federal and state water projects under the Endangered Species Act for…
NFU Board Calls on Congress to Assist Struggling Dairy Producers
…to act quickly to allow USDA to directly support our nation’s dairy farmers who are struggling to stay in business.” NFU Board of Director’s resolution follows repeated requests from both…
Fair Practices Rules Protect Contract Farmers
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition praises USDA for moving forward on rules to protect contract farmers Nearly 100 years after the passage of the Packers and Stockyards Act, a law intended…
Freedom Caucus Wants Nutrition Rules Overturned
…Items not on the list to overturn include the FDA’s near-ban of trans fat, policies intended to limit antibiotic use in agriculture, the Food Safety Modernization Act rules, and new…
Ag Groups React to Proposed GIPSA Rules
The National Turkey Federation is expressing concern over USDA’s final interim rule and two proposed regulations possibly upending contract relationships in place between turkey growers and processors. The USDA wants…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…and Switzerland’s Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, AFRI is the nation’s premier peer-reviewed competitive grants program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences. The Initiative…
Christmas Tree Farms Face Balancing Act
It may seem counterintuitive for a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm to wish for rain during its busiest time of year, but for Larry and Geri Hyder, it comes down to…