…newspaper or cardboard. Spray water on top of each layer, then cover the compost pile with a breathable cover or tarp. You can pile your lasagna garden up to two…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…Indemnity Program paid out more than $134 million to cover the deaths of 2.5 million poultry and 200,000 livestock from 2013-2015. The group thinks the USDA is giving out the…
Deadline to Apply for Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy June 28th
…biomaterials from renewable sources such as crops, trees, and waste materials from farmland and forests. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014…
USDA Announces $150.2 Million in Funding through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
…the demand,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “To ensure nutritional security, it is imperative to develop innovative technologies and sustainable management strategies for livestock, crops, and critical underlying resources.” The…
Hog Prices Expected to Increase in 2017, Despite Challenges
…began to recover from pig losses due to PED. The national breeding herd has increased by four percent since 2014. Notable expansions of the breeding herd in the past three…
March FAO Food Price Index Slips
…generally weaker, following improved weather conditions in major producing regions. Maize values also fell, mostly on large supplies from recently harvested crops in South America, which intensified export competition in…
Agri View: GMO Crops Advance
Everett Griner talks about GMO crops increasing in volume in today’s Agri View. GMO Crops Advance The issue of genetically modified crops still generates a lot of negative opinion. In…
Agri View: Farming Proposals
…of certain rights to farm. There are other proposals soon to be voted in other states that will regulate certain things farmers can and cannot do to produce crops and…
Survey: Consumers Baffled by Food Labels
…organic farmers may use some chemical substances on their crops manufactured from natural sources. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed said they buy organic because they believe the products are more…
Bats, Allies to Farmers, Return Home to Roost in Spring
…crops naturally. Farmers appreciate the pest control provided by bats and many look forward to having bats return to their farms each year, according to Long, who coauthored a study…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…covering up these purported “pockets of [land] conversion” near ethanol plants, and they claim their satellite data supports this notion. Of course, anyone who was around during the ethanol plant…
NCC Conveys Farm Law Priorities
…eligible for the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – a move that will serve as a bridge until new farm law is enacted. Regarding new…
Funding to Relieve Veterinary Shortages
…other distance-based education, for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other health professionals needed to strengthen veterinary programs and enhance food safety. Cover travel and living expenses of veterinary students, veterinary interns,…
USDA Offers Renewal Options for Expiring Conservation Stewardship Program Contracts
…and forest landowners earn payments for actively managing, maintaining, and expanding conservation activities like cover crops, buffer strips, pollinator and beneficial insect habitat, and soil health building activities – all…