…its best to keep them in the refrigerator. That’s Laura Popielski with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. She also recommends that you: Cover them in a loose, plastic bag. And you…
Organic Family Farmers Need Strong Standards and Enforcement
…farms. “The fraudulent imports caused a drastic drop in organic grain prices and caused consumer suspicion about the program,” Johnson says. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farmland Values Unclear in the Future
…acre for 2017 is $8700.00 with a 10.1 percent increase from 2016. Read the full USDA Land Values 2017 Summary. (.pdf) From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Ex-Trade Negotiator Says Trump “Misguided” on NAFTA
…negotiator Darci Vetter. Captial Press Dot Com says Vetter feels that goal may cause unforeseen and unintentional consequences for farm exports. Vetter was the chief U.S. agricultural trade negotiator from…
“Good-Guy” Fungus to Take on Killer of Oaks and Ornamental Crops
…ornamentals. BioWorks, Inc. of Victor, New York, is collaborating with Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist Tim Widmer to commercially formulate the fungus, Trichoderma asperellum. The species is a mycoparasite,…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Proclaims National Farmers Market Week
…agricultural direct marketing outlets contribute approximately $9 billion each year to the U.S. economy and “serve as significant outlets by which small-to-medium, new and beginning, and veteran agricultural producers market…
USPS Issues Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service is helping to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators by issuing Protect Pollinators Forever stamps depicting both the monarch butterfly and the western honeybee, each…
Ireland Could be GMO-Free Haven
…were expressed as his personal opinion, and not that of the nation’s Agricultural and Food Development Authority, which takes the “follow the science” approach. Doyle claims the island could be…
Bees Are Buzzing Back from Colony Collapse
…bees have mites.” She claims that Colony Collapse Disorder has been vastly overshadowed by diseases, recognizable parasites, and diagnosable physiological problems. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trump Endorsed Immigration Bill Could Harm Farm Labor
…from Democrats and some Republicans in the Senate, but could start the immigration debate and lead to some method of reform. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Senate Democrats Revive Bill to End Cuba Embargo
…addition to lifting the economic sanctions, according to Politico. Wyden says the embargo “only serves to shut U.S. exporters out of a natural market for American agricultural and manufactured goods.”…
Mexico Releases NAFTA Goals
…and Canada, the two trading partners included in NAFTA with the U.S., are the biggest export destinations for U.S. agricultural goods. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Crisis Exemption Extended to Fight Lygus
…to have a longer timeline to combat lygus populations in their cotton fields. President and CEO of the California Cotton Ginners & Growers Association Roger Isom recently noted how important…
Conaway: Farm Bill Work to Begin in Eight Weeks
…comments come as the House Agriculture Committee holds two listening sessions this week. The second is planned during the Minnesota Farmfest in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Thursday. From the National Association…