…CSA Share By Hannah Wallace, Modern Farmer Writer A recent change in the Farm Bill allows beneficiaries to go the subscription-agriculture route. The very thing that makes the community supported…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
145 House Members Demand Answers from EPA on Anti-Farmer Campaign EPA funds used in anti-farmer campaign in Washington State Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX),…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
…MDT, May 11, 2016 with notification in August 2016. Research & Education projects involve scientists, producers, and others using interdisciplinary approaches to address issues related to sustaining agriculture. Pre-proposals are…
Citrus Regulation Scoping Meeting Scheduled
…healthy trees by the psyllid after it feeds on infected plant tissue. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has scheduled a scoping meeting to discuss proposals for changes to…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…began research in biofertility solutions for agriculture. Monsanto and Novozymes formed The BioAg Alliance to expand their research. They are presently testing more than 2,000 bacteria taken from soils around…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
Organic Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming by Kelly Flynn, National Institute of Food and Agriculture Sheep graze on cover crops in a Montana State University sustainable farming…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
Chairman Conaway condemns Turkish cotton investigation House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Turkish government…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
California Agriculture Contributes Record Amount of Farm Products to Food Banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
Preventing Food Waste
…produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change. Benefits of Reducing Wasted Food Saves money from buying less food. Reduces methane emissions from landfills and lowers your…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, include dry edible beans, down 13 percent from last year, and upland cotton, down 4 percent to the lowest intended acreage ever recorded….
Dairy Growth Could Be in Waste Stream
…great right now and forecasts don’t show factors that could improve the market. Bank of America national executive for food, wine and agriculture, Cornelius Gallagher, says industry research needs to…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for April 19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…