…the volumes. EPA implements the RFS program in consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy. For more information on today’s announcement, go to: https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/final-renewable-fuel-standards-2017-and-biomass-based-diesel-volume…
Report Highlights Scientific Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released investment results in scientific research including 222 new inventions, 94 patents awarded and 125 new patent applications filed in 2015. The USDA Annual Report…
Next Ag Secretary Likely to have Indiana Ties
…President, is overseeing the transition efforts, and Politico reports that Pence will have a lot of say in who gets control of the Department of Agriculture. Five of the nine…
Vilsack Says RFS Will Survive Trump Administration
…the U.S. Energy Department. Farm Futures reports that President-elect Trump told the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association earlier this year that the U.S. should increase ethanol mandates, but in September his…
Christmas Tree Promotion Board Members Named
…31, 2019. Board members selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture administer the program. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight of the Christmas Tree Promotion Board in accordance with…
Softwood Lumber Board Appointments
…S.C., and re-appointed manufacturer Danny White, of Brewton, Ala., represent the U.S. South. Re-appointed manufacturer Charles W. Roady, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, represents the U.S. West and re-appointed manufacturer Alden…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
New Provisions to Take Effect for 2017 Spring Crops The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced updated factors for prevented planting coverage that will strengthen the…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 22
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Inconclusive Results Hint at More HLB
…The disease has only been found in two residential areas of Los Angeles County. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has found two PCR-positive trees in Hacienda Heights and…
Brexit May Open British Farmers to GM Crops
…in the future. Great Britain’s Agriculture Minister said: “The government’s general view remains that policy and regulation in this area should be science-based.” Numerous scientific studies have shown the safety…
Canada Confirms More Bovine TB cases
…discovered during the removal and destruction of the initial cow’s index herd. The source of infection is still unknown. The investigation follows a notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
COOL Not on the Agenda for Trump
…in the U.S. were to be reinstated. But a spokesperson for Trump’s Agriculture Advisory Committee said no one knows how COOL got into the plan, adding COOL is “dead as…
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…in infected cattle, which can jeopardize a cattle producer’s business,” said Stott. Funding for the study has been provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the California Cattlemen’s Association and…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 21
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