…Photo by Cheng-Kung Liu and Nick Latona. An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist has found a way to find hidden defects in the animal hides that become our footwear, sporting…
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
…to ensure the protection of workers, public health, and the environment. The pesticides monitored were selected based primarily on potential risk to human health. They include all the major fumigants…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…Action will fill a significant void, as most existing agricultural political organizations traditionally represent Republican candidates and corporate agriculture. Industry-backed lobbyists and political groups have virtually unchallenged influence over agricultural…
Roberts, McCaskill To Host Agriculture Security Roundtable
…hosted by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City. Participants include Missouri and Kansas stakeholders, and officials at national agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
…success stories. Agricultural reciprocal trade between the three countries has grown exponentially since the agreement was implemented more than 20 years ago. CFA President Ron Bonnett, strong in his support…
DuPont to Purchase Granular Inc.
…will lead digital agriculture at DuPont. Granular will keep its offices in San Francisco and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. DuPont will also leverage Granular’s existing partnerships with other agricultural companies. From the…
A Faster, Less Costly Way to Process Walnuts
…is growing among health-conscious consumers, but processing these nutrient-vitamin-rich nuts could use some tweaking. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed a method that uses infrared technology to improve commercial…
Food and Farm Facts Book
…help increase agricultural literacy. And Food and Farm Facts helps answer the questions such as how do farmers and ranchers care for farm animals, where does your food dollar go,…
Renegotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement
…agreement. Former Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator Darci Vetter said the upcoming negotiations represent an opportunity for needed updates to the agreement…tape Trade Vetter talks about certain parts of NAFTA that…
ABC / Disney Settlement with BPI Worth More Than $177 Million
…an 80 percent reduction in the company’s business by the time the ABC reports ended. BPI was forced to lay off about 750 workers as it closed production lines in…
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
…to substitute machines for workers or to supplement them with H-2A temporary workers. H-2A guest-workers represent a small but rapidly growing share of the hired agriculture workforce, which has ranged…
Farmers Still Support Trump but Worry Over Farm Bill
…with Trump’s work on domestic issues. A slightly smaller number at 49 percent would give Trump an A or B on agricultural issues. The survey found producers seriously worried about…
Farm Labor Shortage May Drive Produce Prices Higher
…and there aren’t enough workers to harvest those crops. Immigrant labor makes up 90 percent of the nation’s workforce that picks American crops. The immigrant population has gotten smaller in…
Farm Economy May Be Starting to Stabilize
The prolonged downturn in the farm economy continued in the second quarter of 2017. However, data from the Kansas City Fed’s Survey on Agricultural Credit Conditions shows the farm economy…