…as requests for federal financial assistance grow amid the worst agricultural downturn in more than a decade. USDA is seeking additional funding to “help bridge the gap in farm operating…
Finalizing Pesticide Worker Safety Rule
…a Federal Register notice Monday, the agency announced it has sent the rule to the Department of Agriculture for review. The USDA review is required under federal pesticide law, before…
Virtual Representative for Small and Very Small Plants
…Questions for the Small Plant Help Desk may be sent to infosource@fsis.usda.gov or call 1-877-FSIS-HELP (1-877-374-7435). Resources like the Small Plant Help Desk contribute to USDA” Know Your Farmer, Know…
UCCE Helps Hmong Farmers Weather Drought
…and Tulare counties. After just two weeks on the job, she was invited to an emergency meeting with the National Hmong American Farmers and USDA’s Farm Service Agency to address…
Electronic Bug Trap Reduces Labor
…University, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon and Penn State, received a grant from USDA to solve labor intensive tasks in high-value specialty crops,” vice president of software, Ben Brame says….
USDA Says Organic Eggs Have Largest Price Premiums
A new study by the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service finds organic eggs have the largest price premiums over their non-organic counterparts. The study estimated price premiums in grocery…
Lawmakers Call for Dairy Program Sign up Extension
…other committee members and Senate counterparts, are calling on USDA to extend the sign-up period because they say the move would encourage additional participation in the program. In a letter…
Crop Insurance Program Still Growing and Healthy
The man who runs the USDA’s Risk Management Agency says the crop insurance program is growing and is financially healthy. Gary Crawford has the story. Crop Insurance Program…
Strawberry Tool Tells Producers When to Treat
…California. According to USDA Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, in 2014 the United States produced 3 billion pounds of strawberries valued at nearly $2.9 billion, and California is the number-one state…
Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier
…assist schools with these improvements, USDA also implemented mentor-based training for school nutrition professionals through the Team Up for School Nutrition Success initiative. More information about USDA’s efforts to improve…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…Central Valley prove this rationale wrong, Mitchell said. The farm visits were sponsored by the UC Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center (CASI), USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the California…
Shade Plants
…deciduous trees cast virtually no shade in early spring, providing a window of sunlight that an understory of edibles can take advantage of. Mint – USDA Zones 3-10 Mojito, anyone?…
Agri View: Bad Weather
Everett Griner talks about bad weather of 2016 unusually hard on crops in today’s Agri View. Bad Weather From: USDA Office of the Chief Economist Weather and Climate Weather is…
Drought Resistant Plants
…USDA Zones 4-10 Also known as tunas in Mexican markets, this watermelon-colored fruit has a thirst-quenching tropical flavor, excellent for eating out of hand or for flavoring a drink. The…