…board includes eight importers, two domestic producers, seven foreign producers, and one first handler. The Board meets periodically to plan and review marketing and research activities that benefit the industry….
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Board Appointments
…Watermelon Promotion Board in accordance with the Watermelon Research and Promotion Act and the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan. USDA encourages board membership that reflects the diversity of the individuals…
Farmers Urge Their Peers to Define ‘Sustainability’ for Themselves
…can share with them what we’re doing to be sustainable,” Geigle said. As a veterinarian working in Idaho with a number of dairy farmers, Dr. Elizabeth Kohtz said she’s seen…
Farm Bureau Distinguished Service and Founders Awards: Bob Stallman and James Quinn Honored
…James Quinn was elected as the first president of the first Farm Bureau in the country, Broome County, New York, in 1911. A prominent local dairy farmer, Quinn set an…
Farm Groups Touting Benefits of Agricultural Trade
…was worth over $5 billion, in the process generating more than 120,000 jobs in dairy farming, manufacturing and related sectors. Any disruption in exports of dairy and other food products…
Ethanol Exports Continue to Surge in November
by Ann Lewis, Research Analyst The United States exported 121.9 million gallons (mg) of ethanol in November—down 7% from October’s huge total, but still the third-largest monthly total in five…
Bayer Honors Robert Hutmacher as 2017 Cotton Specialist of the Year
…the Beltwide Cotton Conference in Dallas, Texas. Robert Hutmacher, PhD, is the center director for the University of California West Side Research and Education Center. But that’s just the title…
$2.9 Million Available for Biorefinery Research
…include state agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, and other public and private U.S. research organizations. Research funded through this program will support projects that address the challenges surrounding the…
Concern Over Proposed Changes in WIC Feeding Program
…source of nine essential nutrients in children’s diets: protein, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, B12, D and riboflavin. The reason dairy foods are included in the WIC package is…
Almond Board: Helping Honey Bees
…Project Apis m. or PAm is the go-to organization at the interface of honeybees and pollinated crops. We’ve infused over $6 million into bee research since our inception in 2006…
Vilsack Expected to Become U.S. Dairy Export Council President
…the Council. The U.S. Dairy Export Council is funded by checkoff revenue to track and promote U.S. dairy products. Vilsack says that until he leaves his post at USDA, he…
Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land
by Ron Sands, Scott Malcolm, Shellye Suttles, and Elizabeth Marshall, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Dedicated energy crops, such as switchgrass in the United States, are viewed…
Crops Benefit from Holiday demand
…again.” Another baking staple—butter—also does well during the fourth quarter, said Beth Ford, chief operating officer of Land O’Lakes. The dairy cooperative typically begins planning for holiday production and building…
License Plate Program Awards Ag Education
…provides funding for activities that enrich the lives of students through exposure to farming and ranching across the state.” Funded projects include school farm tours with the Dairy Council of…