…injection methods on dairies. Agricultural Irrigation Engines: Significant emission reduction benefits are achieved when higher-polluting agricultural irrigation engines are removed from service and permanently destroyed and repowered with new electric…
National Garlic Day
…India, South Korea, Egypt and Russia. Regarded as a force of both good and evil, the Egyptians are said to have fed the herb to workers building the Great Pyramid…
More Farmers Considering Drone Use
…commercial use of drones, including for agricultural purposes. RnR Market Research in April 2016 predicted the agriculture drone market would be worth $3.69 billion by the year 2022. A forecast…
Deadline to Apply for Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy June 28th
…the food and agricultural sciences. The AFRI Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts Challenge Area supports projects that lead to the commercial production at scale of biobased products such as biochemicals, biomaterials,…
Bee “Bed and Breakfast” Gets Helping Hand from Science
…Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Logan, Utah. Last June, Cane travelled from Logan to Touchet to research the female bee’s nesting needs, especially preferred soil-moisture levels. Towards that end, he…
$6.3 Million in Funding Available for Resilient Agroecosystems-July 13 Deadline
…face of shifting climate patterns,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “These investments will help provide agricultural and forestry producers, land managers, and other decision makers with valuable tools to help…
NMPF Recognizes Members of Congress for Focusing Attention on Dairy Workforce Needs
…the existing H-2A agricultural visa program to make it easier for dairy farmers to hire the foreign labor they need to run their operations. Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Chris…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased
…the allocation higher later this spring. The 29 public agencies contracting to receive SWP water serve more than 25 million Californians and nearly a million acres of irrigated agricultural land….
Immigration Raids Could Send Milk Prices Soaring
…Food Policy Conference. He estimates 80 percent of the nation’s milk supply comes from dairy farms that employ foreign labor, saying if there’s a continued effort to remove workers, there…
Group Wants Congress to Cap Ag Subsidies
The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Free Markets and Regulatory Reform wrote an op-ed piece for the National Review Dot Com on agricultural subsidies. The piece by a senior research fellow…
Dairy, Ag Groups Urge President Trump to Act Immediately to Halt Canada’s Continued Disregard of Trade Obligations
…which are in farming and food manufacturing, as well as in supporting rural manufacturing and skilled farm service workers,” the organizations said in the letter. “However, for trade to yield…
World Trade Expanding Amid Deep Uncertainty
…to unemployment which embraces better education and training and social programmes that can quickly help get workers back on their feet and ready to compete for the jobs of the…
Agri View: Agricultural Equipment Sales
Everett Griner talks about agricultural equipment sales tracking agriculture in today’s Agri View. Agricultural Equipment Sales You know even the people who keep up with what goes on in the…
NFU Urging Trump to Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Agreement
…energy efficiency and community planning that protects farmland. He also noted that biofuels and increased biomass in the energy sector offer a growing market for agricultural products, creating a growth…























