…local foods, offering taste tests to children, buying equipment, planting school gardens and organizing field trips to agricultural operations, Long said. State and local agency interest and engagement in community…
Senate Committee to Consider E-15 Waiver Legislation
…Deb Fischer. A companion bill was introduced in the U.S. House in March by Nebraska Republican Representative Adrian Smith. Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency regulates RVP for gasoline and…
Agri View: Food Cost Drops in 2016
Everett Griner talks about food cost dropping in 2016 in today’s Agri View. More than one agency keeps a tab on what we in…
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
The Farmer Fair Practices Rules, a set of three rules that provide very basic protections for farmers and ranchers, were released in December 2016 to address the most anti-competitive and…
Critical Agricultural Research and Extension Projects Gains Support
…and environmental threats,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “These NIFA investments in user-inspired projects bring together researchers, extension experts, and practitioners to find solutions that can be rapidly adopted by…
Farm Bureau Asks Senate Committee to Advance EPA Nominee Susan Bodine
…and Compliance Assistance of the Environmental Protection Agency. Duvall’s letter to Chairman John Barrasso and Ranking Member Tom Carper of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works praised…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…the Environmental Protection Agency led efforts to create a National Pollinator Health Strategy. The two agencies are working with a number of other federal departments to implement that strategy, which…
USDA Seeks Nominations for the National Organic Standards Board
…three experts in environmental protection and resource conservation; three representatives of public interest or consumer groups; an expert in toxicology, ecology, or biochemistry; an organic retailer; and an organic certifying…
USDA Announces $6 Million for Sustainable Energy Research
…applications for details. Previously funded projects include a State University of New York analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of willow and forest biomass for use in heat and…
Val Dolcini: New President and CEO of Pollinator Partnership
Val Dolcini has a new role in agriculture. We first met Dolcini when he was the California state executive director of the Farm Service Agency, then followed as he moved…
Five Reasons to Farm to Table
…before you eat. So, it so it’s much tastier. The second benefit of Farm to table is environmental sustainability. Aside from being healthier for you, local food is good for…
Ractopamine Found in Pork Shipment from Canada to China
…reported by Reuters. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has temporarily stopped signing certificates that allow the meatpacker in question to export to China and has asked for any other shipments…
Ag Groups Seek Truck Weight Limits Increase
…to allow the states to engage in a pilot program to obtain information on the safety and environmental benefits of increasing the maximum commercial truck weight on interstate highways. In…
May Dairy Market Report
…month-to-month during most of 2017, and the March all-milk price was $1.60 per hundredweight under January. The March Margin Protection Program (MPP) margin was down $1.75 per hundredweight from last…
