California agriculture contributes record amount of farm products to food banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
New Cost Studies for Growing Almonds
…Issues Center, which is part of UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. For additional information or an explanation of…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
Online Resource Draws on USDA’s and Partners’ Experience with Launching and Sustaining Urban Agriculture Operations Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled theUSDA Urban Agriculture Toolkit, a new resource created by USDA’s…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…claim with crop insurance, which reimburses between 50 percent and 75 percent of the damage, depending on a grower’s coverage level. Jeff Yasui, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
USDA Announces $6 Million in Available Funding for Antimicrobial Resistance Research The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $6 million to fund research to address antimicrobial resistance…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for May 2
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…
NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization; Welcomes Two New Employees
…Tech. Her research was focused on how mastitis and metabolic diseases affect dairy cow behavior. Beverly Hampton also comes from an agriculture background, as she grew up on her family’s…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
USDA Offers New Loans for Portable Farm Storage and Handling Equipment Portable Equipment Can Help Producers, including Small-Scale and Local Farmers, Get Products to Market Quickly U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
As California Almond Acreage Grows, Trees Bring Benefits to Agriculture, Environment and Community From the Almond Board of California: The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that California’s almond acreage…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, DC The Honorable Jeff M. Witte, Secretary/Director, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Ms….
Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
Cathy Isom tells us about the American Farm Bureau’s Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge. The competition to help rural startups in food and agriculture across the country. That’s coming up on This…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 29
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…
CA Almond Acreage Increases Again
…Agriculture Cooperating with the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…report, we’re excited to share practical steps that food hubs can take to be even more successful.” The number of food hubs in the U.S. has more than doubled over…