United States Secures Full Access for U.S. Beef and Beef Products to Peru Agreement is expected to further increase beef exports to Peru, which topped $25 million in 2015 Agriculture…
National Ag Day
…there is an even greater demand for the food and fiber produced in the United States. 2016 National Ag Day Video Essay Contest Winner video by Ayodeji Ogunlana, South Texas…
Agri View: Farm Family Honor
…adapted methods used by the Native Americans, to the present day in which the United States ranks as the world’s largest agricultural exporter, farming continues to serve as the backbone…
Warm, Dry February Stalls Snowpack Gains
…the end of snow accumulation season, but changes could still be ahead for the upcoming spring and summer water supply,” McCarthy said. In Western states where snowmelt accounts for the…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
…be reported next month. Kern County Western Mineral and Elkhorn were surveyed for host plants and BLH populations. Filaree, peppergrass, and Plantago were the predominant host plants. BLH counts were…
Vilsack, Obama Travel to Cuba
…Vilsack will use this second trip to Cuba to discuss opportunities for collaboration in agriculture among the United States and Cuba, better understand how climate change is affecting agricultural production…
Agri View: Avian Flu…Again?
…Backyard Poultry Biosecurity Information Live Bird Marketing System Program Information on Detection and Monitoring in Wild Birds 2015 Surveillance Plan for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Waterfowl in the United…
USDA’s Final CSP Rule Published
USDA’s Final CSP Rule Published The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published its final rule on the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) today in the Federal…
Agri View: El Niño Weather
…precipitation impacts through late winter and into spring in the United States and elsewhere. You can find more information on those impacts at the bottom of this article. La Niña…
Western View: The Role of People in Wilderness Planning
…instrument of the will of the people. Western View: Time to Recognize the Role of People These people tell me that the very nature of the agency has changed, especially…
Safeguarding California – Climate Change Implementation Action Plan for Agriculture
…working on incentivizing practices to obtain both mitigation and adaptation on California dairies through the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP). Dairy anaerobic digesters are poised to become a…
Agri View: Oh Real Christmas Tree
…recycling programs throughout the United States. For every Real Christmas Tree harvested, 1 to 3 seedlings are planted the following spring. There are about 350,000 acres in production for growing…
Florida Growers Share HLB Fight
…psyllid was first found in the United States in June 1998 in Palm Beach County, Fla., on backyard plantings of orange jessamine, Murraya paniculata. By 2001 the psyllid had spread…
Agri View: Trees
…are well adapted to living in such areas. Read more about Trees. To learn about a specific tree of the United States. click here. Image credit: (Ash tree) Brian Green…