…work. This program relates to agricultural artifacts and stories in the museum’s exhibition American Enterprise on the first floor of the museum. Schedule Ask a Farmer is held biweekly on…
SWP Allocations Reach 60 Percent
…Last year’s (2015) 20 percent SWP allocation was the second lowest since 1991, when agricultural customers of the SWP got a zero allocation and municipal customers received 30 percent of…
Agri View: Grand Champion
…comes out to $178.57. Read the full article. From: The Denver Post National Western Livestock show grand champion steer earns $117,000 bid By Katy Canada, The Denver Post Sixteen-year-old Macey…
Warm And Wet – Western Winter And Western Water Year
…wise out West this October through March is reflected by upcoming water supply levels for the region. Rod Bain reports. Warm And Wet – Western Winter And Western Water Year…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
…the International Dairy Foods Association commend the action, which called on Ambassador Froman and Secretary Vilsack to address three dairy “priority areas” in TPP as Congress prepares to consider the…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…Agricultural Research Service. The organization also wants Congress to appropriate at least $5 million for APHIS to set up an offshore FMD vaccine bank and is requesting that APHIS contract…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…Group includes representatives from the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA NIFA, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Environmental Protection Agency, State Departments of Agriculture from California, Florida, Texas and…
Transitioning to Organic Certification
…number of certified operations in the U.S. grew by almost 12 percent – more than double the growth rate of 2014. So how do farmers, ranchers, and food processors make…
Agri View: SNAP Changes
…of SNAP retail food stores. The Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) amended the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Act) to increase the requirement that certain SNAP…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…legislators and, “hold the agricultural industry to the same level of responsibility as other industries.” A large, red button on the website labeled, “Take action! We’ve made it simple,” allowed…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
Funding for Researchers, Ag Professionals, Producers, and Grad Students The 2016 Calls for Proposals for five Western SARE grant programs have been released. Descriptions of each program and links to…
Citrus Regulation Scoping Meeting Scheduled
…for proposed regulation changes regarding citrus commodities. Enclosed are the agendas for each day. Date: Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6, 2016 9:00am – 5:00pm Location: Tulare County Agricultural…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…and microbial based technology. Western View: Next Big Thing? That company is Novozymes, A Denmark-based multinational with offices around the world. It claims the title of the world’s largest…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…range sciences, community development, political science, entomology, soil science, and agricultural economics. “Our goal is to reduce tillage in organic systems. The ideal system would probably be where both grazing…