…the USDA Farmers Market, including the schedule for VegU classes, follow us @USDA_AMS on Twitter and Instagram and look for #USDAFarmersMkt or visit www.usda.gov/farmersmarket. Additional Farmers Market photos are online….
Bees Are Buzzing Back from Colony Collapse
New data from the Department of Agriculture shows U.S. honey bee numbers increased in the last year. USDA released its honey bee health survey this week, which found the number…
Agricultural Chemical Use Survey Results Released
…http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov. Pesticide Use The pesticide active ingredients used on vegetables are classified as herbicides (targeting weeds), insecticides (targeting insects), fungicides (targeting fungal disease), and other chemicals (targeting all other…
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
…abnormal dryness mean it could change as early as next week. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says drought conditions are intensifying across the central United States. The Corn Belt has seen…
Apiculture Insurance Expanded to More States
…of agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator. Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at https://www.rma.usda.gov. …
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…mitigate climate variability, and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates or follow us on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAImpacts….
UC Asian Citrus Psyllid Scouts Trying to Avert Huanglongbing Disaster
…PVC wand to knock off insects. The expansive ACP monitoring effort is funded by a $1.45 million multi-agency coordination grant from the USDA. The project funds promising tools and long-term…
Clovis Nomination Sent to the Senate
…Trump’s nomination of Clovis as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics, according to the Hagstrom Report. The nomination is coming under some scrutiny, as Senate Agriculture top Democrat…
Secretary Perdue Partners with FFA to Support Next Generation of Leaders in Agriculture
…You may click HERE to visit USDA’s New Farmer Website to learn more about USDA’s work to support youth in agriculture, as well as new and beginning farmers and ranchers….
Improvements to Margin Protection Program Advance
…below $4 per hundredweight. It would also change the USDA’s margin calculation to a monthly calculation, providing more stability. Along with lower premiums, the changes would raise the threshold for…
Bankers List Goals for New Farm Bill, Ways to Prevent Farm Crisis
…USDA’s Business and Industry program in years where demand for program loans exceed appropriated funds. She also noted more robust and better-financed USDA guaranteed lending programs through the 2018 farm…
Crop Insurance Comments Could Jeopardize Clovis Nomination
…to the Hagstrom Report. Clovis was nominated by President Trump to serve as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Readout on Principals Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force
…White House, Treasury, Labor, Justice, Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and USDA staff. Secretary Perdue noted that the Task Force met for the first time at USDA on…
Farm Groups Support Clovis Nomination
…nominate Clovis to serve as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics, which also serves as the departments chief scientist. Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow, Senate Appropriations…