…out more at WGA.com. Voice-to-data is coming to agriculture…and it’s an absolute game-changer. Imagine being able to verbally cite your activities/data and receive a highly-accurate transcription while keeping your phone…
Working Group Highlights Ag Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions
…expanding motor carrier capacity and increasing competition within the transportation sector is necessary for addressing ag supply chain challenges. ATWG is calling for better access to rail carrier data to…
Crops Sector Received 65% of PPP Loans for Agriculture in 2020
…of payment, PPP loans were fully forgiven. Individual Small Business Administration loan data indicated that almost 121,000 farm operations applied for a total of $6.0 billion in PPP loans in…
Cattle Contract Library Act Moving Forward
…“Producers have been asking for increased transparency and leverage in the cattle market for years, the Cattle Contract Library Act will provide granular data in near real time, ensuring producers…
USDA Launches New Effort to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses Linked to Poultry
…to gather data and information necessary to support future action and move closer to the national target of a 25 percent reduction in Salmonella illnesses. Despite consistent reductions in the…
NASS Collecting Additional Information on Local Food Practices
…data release, originally scheduled for November 18, will now be delayed until the new information and the data collected earlier this year are combined. The 2020 Local Food Marketing Practices…
Soil Carbon Monitoring Enhanced for Conservation Reserve Program
…Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux said in a press release. “This data will help USDA better target CRP practices to achieve continued climate wins across environmentally sensitive lands…
California Enters Domestic Mutual Reliance Agreement with FDA
…data sharing among agencies. Synchronizing safety efforts between federal and state officials creates a greater opportunity to better protect the national food supply. The collaborative approach will assist with more…
USDA Announces Plan to Integrate Climate Adaptation Into its Missions and Programs
…of climate-smart strategies. USDA also seeks to broaden access to and availability of climate data at regional and local scales, and increase support for research and development of climate-smart practices…
USDA to Host Virtual Data Users’ Meeting
The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will hold its biannual Data Users’ Meeting virtually next month. The Data Users’ Meeting is held to share recent and pending statistical…
Study Shows Ag Retailers Thoughts on Carbon Markets
…if they will participate, with only eight percent saying the current incentive levels are enough to gain grower interest. The majority of retailers surveyed manage their grower’s digital data and…
Use of H-2A Program More Than Triples Between 2010 and 2019
…with the process for H-2A application and recruitment. According to the data, the number of firms requesting H-2A labor increased the most individually in the field crops category, from 2,300…
Citrus Production Declines in Volume and Value
…row of declining production numbers. While not as substantial as volume, citrus value fell by three percent compared to last year. Data shows the value of the U.S. citrus crop…
White House Points to Meat Processors for High Consumer Prices
…meat supply chain: meat-processing,” the report states. “The data show that these companies have been raising prices while generating record profits during the pandemic. That’s why the Biden-Harris Administration is…