Everett Griner talks about cotton picking, imports and exports in today’s Agri View. Cotton Picking Well, cotton picking has begun but pickings will be kind of slim in some places…
Agri View: Bees and Honey
…the world of pollination. I just know that bees are essential to food production. We have over two and one-half million colonies of bees in America. Half of them are…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…clothing Almost all breeds of blueberries and cranberries currently in production 80 percent of all varieties of citrus fruits grown in the U.S. and The mass production of penicillin during…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…The central California session featured presentations on land and capital access, grant writing, marketing, and best production practices from several local farmers and Michael O’Gorman, executive director of the Farmer…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…production. TPP supporters say the losses will be offset by giving U.S. dairy producers access to the Japanese market, but Von Ruden says “that access could evaporate overnight if Japan…
Agri View: Paper or Plastic
…nothing but Pine Trees. They were grown, and harvested, for pulp wood. That pulp wood supplied large factories that made paper. Pulp wood production is a dying industry today. You…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…CRP Grasslands participants can use the land for livestock production (e.g. grazing or producing hay), while following their conservation and grazing plans in order to maintain the cover. A goal…
Support for Oklahoma “Right to Farm” Amendment Drops
…of Oklahoma who employ agricultural technology and livestock production and ranching practices without a compelling state interest.” Supporters say it would allow farmers to defend themselves against unjust laws and…
CCGGA Opposes Air Resources Board Freight Facility Survey for 2017
…has been an extreme concern of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations (CCGGA) as the loose term of freight facility and warehouse/distribution center could include cotton ginning operations among…
CCGGA Hosts Congressional Staff
…cotton gin. CCGGA is working with the National Cotton Ginners Association and the National Cotton Council along with members of Congress and the Senate to have FDA address this discrepancy….
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…Incentives Program (EQIP) and fosters innovative conservation projects that accelerate the transfer and adoption of promising technologies that benefit natural resources, agricultural production and forest management. The 2017 focus areas…
Nominations for Trade Advisory Committees
…Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees (ATACs) represent specific commodity sectors and provide technical advice and guidance on trade issues that affect both domestic and foreign production. The six ATACs focus on…
Funding to Ensure Access to Needed Veterinary Services
…issues, increase food production, find new sources 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…
Food and Forestry Research and Development Projects
…higher altitudes that are inaccessible from wind towers that most small farmers can currently afford. Grafted Growers, LLC, in Tucson, Ariz, will improve crop production methods and strategies and promote…