…2016 crop was hard. 2017 looks even tougher. Other crops have their own difficulties. So passing a bill this year would tend to boost all of agriculture a year sooner….
Farm City Newsday February 24
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Ag Groups Ask for Infrastructure Help
Over 200 groups with a stake in agriculture and rural areas sent a letter to President Trump asking for rural needs to be part of any plan to improve the…
Senate Told Action Needed to Address Dairy Safety Net
…delivered here today by Kansas dairy farmer Lynda Foster. In a field hearing Thursday on the campus of Kansas State University, Foster told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee that…
Fighting a Citrus Killer
…Agriculture), and Jonathan Kaplan (California State University, Sacramento). The grant is one of four given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to combat…
House Agriculture Subcommittee’s Plan Farm Bill Hearings
…bill. The hearings follow a full House Agriculture Committee pre-farm bill hearing last week, and a Senate field hearing this week. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican,…
Agri View: Migrant Help
…The first one is probably Mexico. And, that is logical because you like to think first of agriculture and field work. But the facts are a large volume of migrant…
USDA Invests $4.8 Million in University Agricultural Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 19 grants totaling $4,790,100 to support agricultural science programs at non-land-grant universities. The funding is…
UNH Research: Organic Pesticides Help Manage Cabbage Aphids on Brussels Sprouts
…is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 228522. For additional information on this research project, read UNH Research Report: Managing…
Farm City Newsday February 22
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Agri View: Red Meat Consumption
…it may affect your health you might want to stop eating. Or stop reading. I am looking at a new report from a major agriculture college in our mid-west that…
Rural Mainstreet Index Improving
…indicated their local economy was expanding. * On average, farmland prices have declined by 5.1 percent over the past 12 months. * Approximately 73.9 percent of bankers expect agriculture– equipment…
AFBF Joins Groups in Support of Farm Bill Funding
…diverse coalition today told congressional appropriations and budget leaders. In a letter, 502 different groups, representing a wide range of constituents – from agriculture and nutrition assistance to rural development,…
USDA Seeks Nominees for the National Watermelon Promotion Board
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations to fill 13 seats on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The board is seeking nominees for two producer member seats and…