…State Water Project allocations change, it is important to remember that nearly all areas served by the project also have other sources of water, among them streams, groundwater and local…
Funding to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-grant Institutions
…improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s…
Agri View: Guayule Crop
…compound that grows on shrubs and bushes. It is used to make rubber. Not a plant that is common to America but that can change. In fact, it is already…
Importation of Hass Avocados From Colombia
…this change. The comment period for the proposed rule published on October 27, 2016 is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before February 16, 2017,…
Agri View: Fresh Fruit
…Chinese had easy access to. Two things changed. Living standards rose and America started exporting more fruit. The trend continued until now. Another change. China is now producing more of…
Drenching Rains Dent California Drought
…January 12 is .87 inches, and we are now 3 inches past that.” Reports show a significant change in the state’s main reservoir levels. California Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Funding to Foster the Agricultural Science Workforce
…of energy, mitigate climate variability, and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates or follow us on Twitter…
Minimum Wage, Truck Exemption Among New Laws
…beyond, so that they minimize the risk of underpayment claims. “The change of the threshold for most employers will occur as a result of ramping up seasonally for pruning, harvest…
USDA Expands Grasslands Conservation Program
…and tended to privately, and America’s farmers, ranchers and landowners have willingly stepped up to address the growing impacts of a changing climate. With USDA’s support, they work to implement…
Analysis Reaffirms Ethanol’s GHG Emissions Reduction Benefits
…another American fuel choice at the pump that both lowers gasoline prices locally and addresses climate change globally. “USDA and Secretary Vilsack have done a tremendous service by releasing this…
2017 Farmland Values in Limbo
…prices, interest rates, inflation, challenges in the world economy, weather and U.S. tax law; all could change the direction of land prices for 2017. In the past three years, agricultural…
Agri View: Weather Future
…happened than to what is going to happen. Extreme weather changes has been a part of our climate ever since I started reporting farm news. I can’t recall a single…
Support for People with Disabilities in Agriculture
…user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries that are combating childhood obesity, improving and sustaining rural economic growth, addressing water availability issues, increasing food production, finding new sources of energy, mitigating climate variability and…
Ag Producer Sentiment Improves in December
…low of 80. Interestingly, the improvement in producer sentiment over the last two months does not appear to be motivated primarily by changes in corn and soybean prices. For example,…