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New GroupGAP Program for the Produce
…GroupGAP Website at www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/groupgap. You can learn more about the AMS GAP Audit Program at www.ams.usda.gov/services/auditing. GroupGAP is just one example of the many AMS programs and services that support…
Record Growth in U.S. Organic Producers
…on how USDA investments are connecting producers with consumers and expanding rural economic opportunities is available inChapter IV of USDA Results on Medium published today. USDA has strengthened programs that…
Pork Producers Support ‘CARB’ Recommendations
…It also pushed for funding U.S. Department of Agriculture efforts to conduct on-farm antibiotic-resistance surveillance. (USDA got no fiscal 2016 money for surveillance.) “For at least the past 10 years,…
Secretary Ross in Vietnam
…more than three decades, WUSATA has offered programs and services to assist exporters of high-value food and agricultural products. There are three short videos chronicling the trip, so far. The…
Walnut Pruning Approach Gaining Popularity
…course, are familiar with the conventional pruning method of young trees. Contra Costa County Farm Advisor Janet Caprile says a different approach is gaining popularity and has been a focus…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 4
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Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…hog control programs. (Photo courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle) “Basically it’s giving a salt overdose to pigs,” said Matthew Ondovchik, Georgia’s feral swine coordinator with the USDA’s Wildlife Services program….
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…farmers were expecting to plant 26.0 thousand acres of sweet potatoes in 2016, up 13 percent from the acreage planted last year. Sweet Potatoes – California farmers were expecting to…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…and a loss of revenue for farmers, but a loss of tens-of-thousands of farm worker and farm related jobs. In other words, despite the significant improvement in rain and snow…
Water Supply Allocation Announced for CVP
…service contractors North-of-Delta are allocated 100 percent of their contract supply. M&I water service contractors North-of-Delta are allocated 100 percent of their contract supply. •Sacramento River Settlement Contractors are allocated…
Veterans Get “What’s Next?” Question Answered
USDA Helps Military Veterans Answer the Question, “What’s Next?” By: Brenda Carlson, Public Affairs Specialist, Farm Service Agency USDA Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam talks futures in Ag for veterans…
2016 Award Winners for Agriculture, Technology
…is actively involved in her family’s farming operation, John Kautz Farms, in Lodi, California. She was the first woman Chair of the California State Fair Board in 1993, and received…
Red-cedar’s Impact on Prairie Chickens
…Solutions report is available online. To learn more about technical and financial assistance available through NRCS, visit nrcs.usda.gov/GetStarted or your local USDA service center. As tree density increases, lesser prairie-chicken…