…canals. Wear proper protection such as thick gloves when you find them. Clip only the top three pairs of leaves at the end of the plant to take home. And…
NPPC Seeking ELD Waiver
…asked the agency to address incompatibilities between the transportation of livestock and the department’s Hours of Service rules. Those regulations limit truckers to 11 hours of driving daily, after ten…
Study: Organic Farming Reduces Carbon Emissions
…is to convene credible, evidence-based science on the health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming and to communicate the findings to the public. From the National Association of…
USDA Restructuring Efforts Move Forward
…agency more customer friendly. The actions involve innovation, consolidation and the rearrangement of certain offices into more “logical organizational reporting structures,” according to USDA. The most notable change is the…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), will be moved to the newly created TFAA mission area. The U.S. Codex Office is an interagency partnership which engages stakeholders in the…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
…the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies. In a statement, the White House says that if the bill was “presented to the president in its…
EPA Considering Dicamba Limits
The Environmental protection Agency is considering establishing limits to dicamba-based herbicides next year. Agriculture officials from several states that are advising the EPA on dicamba tell Reuters that the EPA…
Farm and Biofuels Groups Urge EPA to Comply With Federal Court Decision
Farm and biofuels groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to comply with a federal court decision and not reduce proposed 2018 targets for cellulosic and other advanced biofuels in…
National Chicken Council to EPA: Reduce RFS Targets
As agriculture groups submitted their comments to the Environmental Protection Agency last week regarding the Proposed Renewable Fuel Standard, it should come as no surprise that the National Chicken Council…
NIFA Support for Food and Agricultural National Needs Fellowship Grants Program
…agriculture, renewable natural resources, or environmental specialties. “These investments support future science leaders,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “We are cultivating students’ skills in leadership, management, critical thinking and problem-solving,…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…fellowship at Rutgers University to develop environmental DNA surveillance strategies to detect exotic agricultural insect pests. A postdoctoral fellowship at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to identify cover crops…
USDA to Measure Small Grains Production in California and U.S.
…agency is taking a comprehensive look at the 2017 production and supply of small grains, which include wheat, oats, barley, and rye. “The small grains industry is important to California…
Monsanto Supports Dicamba Label as Is
…education about following the label is essential for the future of the product. Ty Whitten, a Monsanto Crop Protection lead, says they’ve been on over 1,000 calls and everything they’ve…
Ag Groups Applaud Dairy MPP Exit Announcement
…Agriculture Department to allow dairy farmers to exit the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers. Dairy farmers need access to effective risk management tools. Farm Bureau and our grassroots members…
