By Sharon Durham, USDA Agriculture Research Service The United States National Arboretum-National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, located in Washington, D.C.. Operated by the United States Department of Agricultures – Agricultural…
2016 Profiles in Leadership Award Recipient Honored
…Leadership Program, which is considered to be one of the premier leadership development experiences in the United States. Since it was first delivered in 1970, more than 1,300 men and…
EPA Investigating Reports of Improper Dicamba Use
…United States. The Missouri Department of Agriculture in August said it was investing more than 90 dicamba drift complaints. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says insurance companies will not compensate farmers…
Canada PM Warming up to TPP, CETA Still Possible
…back on three of its top five trading partners,” being the United States, Japan and Mexico. Politico reports that the TPP was finalized before Trudeau took office, and he has…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…together with Monsanto Company, Soil Health Partnership, Washington University in St. Louis, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture, organized…
APHIS Proposes Imports of Hass Avocados
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to update its regulations to allow Hass avocados from Colombia to be imported into…
Funding for Electric Projects in 31 States
…and the bio-based economy, visit USDA’s entry on Medium.com, Powering America with a More Sustainable Energy Future. In Missouri, United Electric Cooperative is receiving a $28 million loan to build…
APHIS Proposes Orchids Can Be Safely Imported
…to be imported into the United States under a systems approach. Plants would be permitted when they come in an approved growing medium, and those plants would also be subject…
Western View: Green is the New Angry
…a lot of power and influence. Maybe it’s time for Ag to wake up and defend itself from them. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…diseases such as ebola and dengue fever would be introduced in the United States. Use of models directs sampling efforts toward the most likely sources of HLB infection, Gottwald said….
U.S. Coffee Demand Growing
The International Coffee Organization says coffee consumption in the United States is expected to grow at two percent a year until 2020. The United States is the world’s largest national…
Syngenta Files Appeal
…is inappropriate, given the many ways farmers grow and sell corn in different markets across the United States. Syngenta claims the lawsuits lacks merit and that the Agrisure Viptera trait…
Extension Educators Receive National Honors
…Child Development Specialist Stephen Green’s Early Childhood Educator Online Training Program offers some 200 courses, including many in Spanish and Vietnamese. Since 2010, course completions across the United States number…
Belgium Region Ignoring Deadline, Leaving Infinite Timeline on CETA
…agreements, including the failed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the U.S. and the EU, along with a potential post-Brexit deal between the EU and the United Kingdom. From the…