The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $4.8 million in available funding to develop and implement food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…farmers met with a U.S. president this early in an administration was prior to the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. Share this Post Holloway Agronomist Highlights Soil Health and…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends a Farmer’s Roundtable where President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America April 25, 2017, at the White House…
2017 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecturer Renews Call for Excellence in Nutrition Research
…and education, Atwater was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) first chief of nutrition investigations. As a researcher, Bier’s research led to many notable achievements. These include increasing our understanding…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sonny Perdue, with his wife Mary, takes the oath of office administered by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas in the U.S. Supreme Court Building, becoming the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture….
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…House to showcase the diverse nature of agriculture production in the U.S. California will be represented by A.G. Kawamura of California, third-generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange…
Vending Machine Salads
How do you like your salad? Cathy Isom tells us about a company that is turning a vending machine into a veggie machine. That’s coming up on This Land…
NFU President Attends March for Science in D.C.
…federal policy. Johnson also said there should be more publicly funded, independent and peer-reviewed agricultural research to inform both farmers and policymakers. More than 70 percent of U.S. agricultural research…
Syngenta Corn Lawsuits Underway
…involved claim Syngenta’s selling of a corn trait that was not approved to export to China, and found in shipments of U.S. corn to China, depressed U.S. corn prices and…
U.S., EU, Opening Door to TTIP Talks
…the EU stalled the talks. But the talks will likely remain stalled as Germany has an upcoming election in September, and Ross said the first priority of the U.S. regarding…
Trump Promises Agriculture Executive Order Tuesday
The White House over the weekend promised an executive order for agriculture. In a memo to reporters, the White House press office said President Donald Trump would hold a roundtable…
Agri View: Farmer’s Almanac
Everett Griner talks about the Farmer’s Almanac. The most continuous read and used magazine in the U.S. in today’s Agri View. The first edition was published…
Ag Groups Pleased With Perdue Confirmation
…3) contributing to rural America’s well-being. “The U.S. cotton industry also believes that someone from this country’s second largest cotton-producing state well recognizes what is necessary to stabilize the U.S.…
Chairman Conaway Applauds the Confirmation of Secretary Perdue
Perdue House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway issued the following statement upon the confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue as the 31st Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture…