…Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Risk Management Agency. Northery Perdue issued the following statement: “These two nominees will bring experience and integrity to USDA the moment they…
USDA Invests in 48 Projects in Local Watersheds
…the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with local groups to help prevent floods, protect watersheds, improve agricultural water management and enhance wildlife…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…endangered and threatened species. In return for enrolling in CRP, USDA, through the Farm Service Agency (FSA) on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation, provides participants with rental payments and…
Spot Fumigation Could Cut Costs and More
…lowering cost and material use, along with helping growers conform to increasing environmental regulations. Almond harvest is just about finished and growers looking to replant for next year have two…
Censky, McKinney Confirmations Good News for U.S. Agriculture
…H.W. Bush administrations, becoming administrator of the agency’s Foreign Agriculture Service in 1992. McKinney McKinney formerly served as Indiana’s agriculture secretary and brings extensive experience in the private agriculture sector….
Beef-bacon Burger Hitting the Consumer Market
…Jensen Meat is a San Diego-based processor of ground beef products, and Coastal Ltd. is a San Diego-based licensing and brand management agency. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Stabenow Intends to Meet with Clovis
…as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics, which also serves as the agency’s chief scientist. The White House sent the nomination to the Senate in July. Stabenow has…
Gluten Free Wheat Near Reality
…from a gluten allergy, known as celiac disease, which when paired with gluten can induce severe illness. Details of the research were published recently in the Plant Biotechnology Journal. From…
USDA Agency-led Group Profiles U.S. Aquaculture for World Report
…the FAO report. This culminated the year-long efforts of an interagency team of experts to identify and help catalogue genetic resources for some of the most recognized and used aquatic…
Farm Policy Facts Study Addresses Heritage Foundation Suggestions
A study sponsored by seven agriculture groups and released by Farm Policy Facts calls a plan by the Heritage Foundation misleading. Brandon Willis, former Agriculture Department Risk Management Agency administrator,…
Environmental Working Group Keeps Eye on Farm Bill Development
The Environmental Working Group is paying close attention to the process of developing the new Farm Bill. Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, says the conservation…
NMPF Supports Effort to Bring Clarity to EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Regulation
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today that the dairy industry supports a two-step process to roll back the existing Waters of the…
South Korea to Host KORUS Trade Meeting
…agreement between the two or withdraw from the agreement. A South Korea news agency reports the meeting will take place on October 4th, but the two sides have yet to…
Trade Officials Talks KORUS
…trade agreement for renegotiation, or even termination. A South Korea-based news agency reports U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met with South Korea’s Trade Minister to “discuss ways to move forward”…
