…help secure the two-thirds vote in both legislative chambers. The bill will create cost containment mechanisms in order to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction levels provided by a law…
Almond Board: Reducing Harvest Dust
It’s time for almond growers to be creating their plans to reduce harvest dust. Carissa Sauer, Almond Board Manager of Industry Communications, tells us more. Listen to the report: From…
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives
…time USTR has included deficit reduction as a specific objective for the NAFTA negotiations. Since NAFTA was implemented in 1994, the U.S. bilateral goods trade balance with Mexico has gone…
Chlorine Dioxide Pouches Can Make Produce Safer and Reduce Spoilage
…pathogens than on grapefruit stored without pouches. Tests also showed a 100,000-fold reduction in E. coli levels in inoculated grape tomatoes stored with the pouches, according to Bai. A panel…
Urban Agriculture Conservation Grants Awarded
…assistance capacity for urban agriculture and conservation projects. “Our work as conservationists has evolved since the Dust Bowl when many of our nation’s 3,000 conservation districts were first established,” NACD…
Ag Groups React to RFS Volumes for 2018
…by the EPA in biomass-based diesel volumes as well as a reduction in advanced biofuels. A.S.A. President and Illinois farmer Ron Moore called it disappointing and a missed opportunity for…
Fly Control in Cattle Herds
…reducing the fly population. Dust bags and cattle rubs can provide economical control of flies if placed in an area where all cattle must use it. Fly tags are another…
Almond Board: Start Planning to Lessen Harvest Dust
…while sweeping, and during pick-up that will reduce harvest dust. Making these small adjustments in harvest practices can add up to great improvements in dust reduction across the growing region….
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…expect that what happened after wasn’t too different that what happened this year, out there on those grasslands. After the smoke cleared, the people would pick themselves up, dust themselves…
Fatal Injuries Reported in Wisconsin Corn Mill Explosion
…word yet on whether the explosion was caused by grain dust, a common factor in similar instances. However, grain dust explosions at grain handling facilities are at a ten year…
U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord Shirks Science, Neglects Devastating Impacts to Food System, Family Farms, and Future Generations
…global attention. Family farmers and ranchers are already enduring consequences of climate change, and projections indicate these effects will worsen without an immediate and significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Proposed Ag Budget Fails Farmers, Ranchers, Farm Bureau President Says
…contribute $23 billion to deficit reduction over 10 years. The farm bill was the only reauthorization bill that voluntarily offered savings during the 113th Congress. It is difficult to think…
EPA E15 Volatility Restriction Among Regulations Requiring Reform
…pressure (RVP) volatility waiver for 10% ethanol to all fuel blends containing more than 9% ethanol by volume; or EPA could promulgate rules requiring a 1 psi reduction in the…
Secretary Perdue Announces Creation of Undersecretary for Trade
…U.S. Forest Service. A reduction in USDA workforce is not part of the reorganization plan. Elevating Rural Development Just as importantly, the USDA reorganization will elevate the Rural Development agencies…