…Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, announced the winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition. The two winning development teams were granted a combined $3…
Farmers Markets Explosion
…producers nationwide. As of National Farmers Market Week, (the first full week in August), there were 8,476 farmers markets listed in USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory. This is a 2.5…
Certified Farmers’ Markets in California
…wish to sell your commodity. View contact information for County Agricultural Commissioners. Certified Farmers Market Locator: Certified Farmers Markets by County – (pdf) | (xlsx) USDA National Directory Learn more….
New Cow Milk Benefits Found for Babies
…the world. New Dairy Benefits Found for Babies Bank of America national executive of food, wine and agriculture Cornelious Gallagher told attendees at the Golden State Dairy conference what he…
New Leader for Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy
…National Academy of Engineering and has garnered many international and national awards for his work. His appointment was effective April 1, 2016. “I am honored to be appointed chair of…
Pilot Program to Protect Children from Fumigants
Agricultural Commissioner Eric Lauritzen, Cesar Lara, Director of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council and Juan Uranga, the Executive Director of the Center for Community Advocacy (CCA) announced the initiation…
California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
Total acreage harvested by mechanical means was 47,754, just over 28 percent of the State’s total raisin-type grape acreage, according to the Pacific Regional Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…
Conserve Energy and Save Costs
…use to agricultural producers and rural small businesses throughout Pennsylvania. In Athens, Ohio, the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council will use a $100,000 Renewable Energy Development Assistance grant to conduct…
CVP Water Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year
Leaders say low water projections for the Central Valley Project (CVP) are unexplainable and have limited high projections for this year’s cotton production. Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year Industry leaders…
People’s Garden
…create gardens at USDA facilities worldwide or within the communities where they work. The Initiative has since grown into a collaborative effort of over 1,300 local and national organizations all…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…plays in rural and national social and economic systems (Figure 6.2). Climate change has the potential to both positively and negatively affect the location, timing, and productivity of crop, livestock,…
Bison Officially the National Mammal of the U.S.
…Our National Mammal: The American Bison On May 9, 2016, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act into law, officially making the American bison the national mammal of the…
$10 Million in Green Energy Research
USDA, DOE Partner to Invest $10 Million in Green Energy Research The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Department of Energy (DOE)…
White House Asked to Challenge WHO Proposal Discouraging Dairy for Children up to Age 3
…decades of sound nutrition and medical advice, charged the National Milk Producers Federation, the International Dairy Foods Association and the U.S. Dairy Export Council in a letter to the Obama…