…apprentices will have the necessary education and business management skills to advance their professional agricultural career. The effort to get the beginning farmer training program approved was a collaboration between…
AgWell Solar Helps Growers with Energy Optimization
…company will be at the World Ag Expo demonstrating how the AgWell Solar Brand takes a holistic approach to the use of solar energy. By maximizing the efficiency of pumps,…
Feeding Minds Press Will Focus on Accurate Agriculture Books for Children
…Agriculture. The new publisher’s first book will be “Right This Very Minute,” written by award-winning author Lisl Detlefsen. It is scheduled for release in January 2019. “‘Right This Very Minute’…
E.M. Tharp and World Ag Expo® “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
…student. “We are thrilled to join again with World Ag Expo® to support agricultural education,” said Casey Tharp, Vice President of E.M. Tharp, Inc. “There is so much ambition and…
Secretary Perdue Applauds Trump Infrastructure Agenda, Benefits to Rural America
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue praised the infrastructure agenda laid out by President Donald J. Trump, specifically its emphasis on investment in rural America. The plan calls for 25…
Foreign Competitors Increasing Spending on Ag Exports
…twice what the U.S. authorizes for agricultural export development under the farm bill,” says Mark Powers, Chair of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Ag Exports. Canada and Italy have doubled…
Ag Committee Leaders Praise Bipartisan Budget Act
Roberts Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts says the Bipartisan Budget Act passed in both chambers of Congress benefits Americans in many ways. It avoids a government shutdown, raises military…
NRCS and the Rice Stewardship Partnership Helping Central Valley Irrigation
…Valley, while also benefiting wildlife. This special RCPP Rice Stewardship Partnership funding is available to eligible California rice farmers in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo,…
New Records for U.S. Beef Export Value, Pork Export Volume in 2017
…point from a year ago. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. from USMEF: 2017 was a record-breaking year for U.S. red meat exports, with beef export value…
Lobbyist Suggest Cotton, Dairy Fixes in Disaster Bill
…and dairy programs in the package of appropriations and disaster funding that Senate leaders are working on. An unnamed source said: “This would be a big win for agriculture going…
Perdue Applauds Trump’s USDA Rural Utility Services Administrator Selection
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue offered his applause to President Trump’s intent to appoint Kenneth Johnson to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Service Administrator. Perdue says Johnson ‘s…
AFIA Calls FDA to Streamline Animal Feed Regulations
…or do nothing to enhance the safety of America’s animal food supply at the great expense of small and large animal food manufacturers. AFIA submitted formal comments to the agency…
Sacramento County Farm Bureau Scholarships Now Available
…either directly related to agriculture or a field that supports agriculture,” said SCFB Executive Director Bill Bird. “The Foundation for Agricultural Education has awarded nearly $150,000 worth of scholarships to…
Few Moments Wasted as Thousands Make Memories at Cattle Industry Convention
NCBA Members Elect Officers, Begin Planning for Future Nearly 7,600 members of the cattle community enjoyed fellowship, fun, education and leadership opportunities during the 2018 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA…