The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from sorghum associations and farm organizations interested in nominating sorghum producers to the Sorghum Promotion, Research, and…
Copper Sulfate Kills Fungus on Fish Eggs
by Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service ARS aquatic toxicologist Dave Straus adds fish eggs to hatching chambers in a study at Keo Fish Farm. Photo by Cindy Ledbetter, Agricultural Research…
USDA Seeks Nominators to American Lamb Board
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders, or first handers interested in nominating members to the American Lamb…
$1.7 Million to Support Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities
…growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit…
Western View: Protesting the Dakota Pipeline – Big Business!
…money from it. Western View According to the public record on the website GoFundMe, operators of the Sacred Stone Camp raised 3.1 million dollars just from one donation campaign. There…
House Agriculture Committee Prepares for Farm Bill by Exploring Economic Outlook in Rural America
…Agricultural Economics, College Station, TX Dr. Patrick Westhoff, Professor, Director for the Food and Agricultural Research Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Dr. D. Scott Brown, Assistant Extension Professor, University…
Seneca Valley Virus Disease Reports Increasing
…and halt movement of anyone who has been near the hogs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: Swine Health Information Center Seneca Valley Virus Summary Etiology…
Roberts Joins Bipartisan Bill to Relieve Farmers of Redundant Regulation
…work too hard to be forced to comply with regulations that are redundant and provide absolutely zero environmental protection or benefits.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
House Agriculture Committee Holding Farm Bill Hearing Wednesday
…Act and the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act. The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a farm bill field hearing next week in Manhattan, Kansas. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Rising Demand for Organic and Non-GMO Grains Outpaces U.S. Production
…domestic shortfall for organic soybeans was even greater, with roughly 80 percent of soybeans supplying the U.S. organic market imported in 2016. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Trudeau Talks Dairy Trade with House Speaker Ryan
…Report. Dairy groups and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture had asked Trump to raise the issue with Trudeau. The U.S. dairy groups say Canada’s dairy pricing structure…
Trump Tells Canada to Expect Only “Tweaking” of NAFTA
…economy is on the nation’s relationship with the United States. Canada sends roughly 75 percent of its exports to the U.S. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
USDA Seeks Nominators to Cattlemen’s Beef Board
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from any state cattle association or state general farm organization that wants to be certified as eligible…
U.S. Distillers Grains Exports Reached 11.48 Million Metric Tons in 2016
…Association (RFA). DG exports were shipped to 50 countries on five continents last year. According to the report, an estimated 31 percent of U.S. DG production was exported in 2016,…