National Academy of Sciences Suggests Major Reduction in Servings of Nutrient-Rich Milk Offered in WIC Program From Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF, and Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and…
Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land
…cropland, less than 5 percent. Extensive planting of switchgrass coupled with reduction of acreage of non-energy crops reduces soil erosion by 5 percent nationally, with greater reductions in regions with…
GIPSA Reduces Fees for Weighing and Inspection Services
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is reducing inspection and weighing service fees by five percent beginning January 1, 2017. The reduction will remain in…
Conservation Districts to Lead Record 25 RCPP Projects in 2017
…working with landowners to put conservation on the ground since the days of the Dust Bowl.” One of the 2017 RCPP projects led by a district or state association of…
CDFA / USDA to Host Joint Summit on Healthy Soils
…conservationist for NRCS in California. “Our Agency was established during the Dust Bowl to protect soil from erosion and exploitation. Now our aim is to go beyond stemming erosion to…
CA Dairy Farmers Navigating Methane Reduction Bill
…the regulations are technologically and financially feasible. “This gives families seven years to prepare and to implement reductions voluntarily with incentive funding,” Sousa says. The state of California has $50…
CCM Response to Argentinian Lemon Rule
…two reports were issued by USDA, one noting that the numbers of family farmers were shrinking in America while the second cited a continued reduction in farm income. “Revenues for…
USDA Revises Guidance on Date Labeling
…loss and waste. In 2015, USDA and EPA set the first-ever national food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030 to reduce the amount of wasted food in landfills….
EPA to Reduce Diesel Emission
…tons over the lifetime of the affected engines. This funding is part of U.S. EPA’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act fiscal year 2016 allocation that includes engine replacements, idle reduction and…
USDA WASDE Report at a Glance
…reduction for China and a 0.5-million-ton reduction for the Philippines. With total supplies falling faster than use this month, world ending stocks are lowered 1.5 million tons but up 3…
LBAM Quarantine Boundary Update
…to Title 3 CCR section 3434 any interested party or local entity may appeal a quarantine area reduction. Process to Appeal the Proposed Boundary Reduction The appeal must be submitted…
EPA: Nutrient Pollution Widespread in Lakes
…These efforts involve overseeing regulatory programs, conducting outreach and engaging partners, providing technical and programmatic support to states, financing nutrient reduction activities, and conducting research and development. In September, EPA…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…reduction in inflation-adjusted farmland prices in 2018, the first significant correction since the ‘80s. Recent data shows farmland prices in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana dropping three percent from July-September of…
Lone Star Ranch Named 2016 California Leopold Conservation Award® Recipient
…Stewards (YES) with her ranching neighbors. The group worked collaboratively with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during development of sediment-reduction standards for the Van Duzen River, allowing the EPA…