…to teach food and agricultural sciences, and other colleges and universities with the capacity to teach food and agricultural sciences. Additionally, research foundations maintained by an eligible college or university…
Cattlemen Launch Month Long Media Campaign for Comprehensive Tax Reform
…for agricultural producers. The campaign will be centered around a new website, CattlemenForTaxReform.com, and will run through September. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enact truly comprehensive tax reform, and…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…The realignments include: Advancing Trade In keeping with Congress’ directive in the 2014 Farm Bill and to advance agricultural trade, the Department in May created an Under Secretary for Trade…
Perdue on President Trump’s Tax Reform Agenda
…a complicated operation, so to place more burdens on the people of agriculture through the tax code has never made any sense. Most agricultural enterprises are small businesses, and the…
Farmer Optimism Waning
Another poll released this week shows optimism is decreasing in farm country. DTN-The Progressive Farmers released its August Agricultural Confidence Index this week. The survey finds that while farmers are…
Almond Board: Ag in the Classroom
…Ag in the Classroom. Ag in the Classroom provides a network of resources to improve agricultural awareness, knowledge and appreciation among pre-K through grade 12 teachers and their students. By…
Is Subsurface Drip Irrigation the Way to Go?
Researchers at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) are encountering positive results using subsurface drip irrigation in some of their fruit trials. Historically, growers have not been big…
California Walnut Production Forecast Down
The 2017 California walnut production is forecast at 650,000 tons, down 5 percent from 2016’s record production of 686,000 tons, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This forecast…
Vietnam Reopens Market to U.S. DDGS Exports
…2007 and 2016, annual U.S. exports of DDGS worldwide grew from $392 million to $2.16 billion. The DDGS ban is one of several agricultural and other priority issues raised in…
Mexico, Canada, Committed to NAFTA, With or Without the U.S.
…either the largest or second largest export destination for U.S. agriculture, while Mexico is consistently the third largest market. Combined, they account for about one-third of U.S. agricultural exports. Since…
American Trucking Industry Watching NAFTA Negotiations Closely
…traded between the U.S. and Canada Watching While the trucking industry is an “indirect beneficiary” of NAFTA, it’s been a boon to the industry Indirect Agricultural commodities are an important…
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
A relief fund has been set up by the Texas Farm Bureau in response to the agricultural losses caused by Hurricane Harvey. It was the first time in over 13…
NIFA Support for Food and Agricultural National Needs Fellowship Grants Program
…along with technical knowledge in the food and agricultural disciplines so they can address the emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century.” The National Needs Fellowship Grants Program seeks to…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…of plant disease resistance through bioinformatics and agricultural experiences with collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research,…