…into the cloud every day. Farm Bureau’s Mary Kay Thatcher says the new survey aims to gauge farmer attitudes towards big data and the use of data in production agriculture….
Women in Agriculture Seminar Series This Week
…Ag, with a special panel including USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden; CDFA Secretary Karen Ross; and Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita. They will discuss the intricate roles…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 8
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Citrus Greening Grants Awarded
…viable treatment. Photo courtesy of USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded $20.1 million in grants to university researchers for research and extension projects to help citrus producers…
Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Comm. Roger Goodell and Partners Commitment to Youth
…6, 2016 1 p.m. PT WHO: ROGER GOODELL, Commissioner, NFL TOM VILSACK, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture PAUL ROVEY, Chair, Dairy Management Inc. and United Dairymen of Arizona ALEXIS GLICK, CEO,…
Cost Estimates for Growing Romaine Hearts and Organic Spinach Released
…the Central Coast Region.” These two studies can be downloaded for free from the UC Davis Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics website athttp://coststudies.ucdavis.edu. Cost-of-production studies for many commodities are…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
…Aid office at your school or the Agri-Culture office, 141 Monte Vista Ave., Watsonville, CA 95076 (831) 722-6622 or (831) 818-1193 Email: agri-culture@sbcglobal.net. Applications are available on their Website: www.agri-culture.us…
SuperBowl: Calories Consumed
…food is most commonly pegged in the appetizer department, and is considered the second biggest American eating holiday of the year – just behind Thanksgiving. According to the Calorie Council…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
…than 30 million children – rely on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for one to two meals per day, however according…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 5
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Agri View: Bee Study
…the potential to create many problems. First of all, bees play a crucial role in agriculture. They help move pollen from the male part of one plant to the female…
Grants for Food Safety and Plant Health Improvements
…and plant products; animal health and production and animal products; food safety, nutrition, and health; bioenergy, natural resources, and environment; agriculture systems and technology; and agriculture economics and rural communities….
USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest conservation program, by acres impacted, that…
National Cotton Council Statement on Cottonseed Designation
The National Cotton Council is extremely disappointed in Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s comments today that USDA believes its legal interpretation of the farm bill does not provide the authority to make…