…that govern the movement into and within the United States of plant pests, biological control agents, and soil, has been extended until April 19, 2017. This 30 day extension will…
USDA Seeks Local Food Grant Reviewers
…applications. The deadline to apply to become a reviewer is March 20, 2017. AMS will contact selected FMLFPP reviewers in mid-April and FSMIP reviewers in late April. Non-federal reviewers for…
APHIS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule on Importation of Hass Avocados From Colombia
…2017. The comment period for the proposed rule published on October 27, 2016 is extended until March 20, 2017. APHIS will consider all comments that we receive on or before…
Slump in Farmland Values Continues
…first quarter of 2017. Capital and household spending extended declines to 15 and 10 consecutive quarters, respectively. Although the pace of decline lessened somewhat for all three measures, the persistent…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
With a key deadline approaching, people involved in groundwater management say cooperation will be needed to accomplish goals set forth in the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. Local agencies must…
GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended
The Trump administration extended the deadline for submitting comments on a regulation related to the buying and selling of livestock, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council, which…
GMO Labeling Law May Avoid Executive Order on Regulations
…Further complicating the GMO labeling law, the bill set a deadline for the Department of Agriculture to release rules for complying with the law by July 29th, 2018. The legislation…
Farmer Fair Practices Rules Effective Date, Comment Periods Extended
…of the Packers and Stockyards Act, an interim final rule, will have its effective date delayed by 60 days, and the comment period extended by 30 days. The Unfair Practices…
GMO Labeling Bill Facing Uphill Battle
…mandating labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms. The law set a deadline for the Department of Agriculture to release rules for complying with the law by July 29th,…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…on the Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids webpage. Comments are submitted through the public docket. The comment period for the pyrethroid ecological risk assessment has been extended to March 31, 2017 in…
Important Tax Deadline Looms for Farmers
Farmers and ranchers have just a few more days to file important paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or face penalties for failing to do so. The deadline to…
Role of Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Food System and the American Diet
…structure of the ERS Food Dollar accounts. The result is a first-of-its-kind U.S. environmentally extended input-output data system and model called the Food Environment Data System (FEDS). We conduct regression…
Funding for Potato Breeding Research
…by the Potato Breeding Research program can be found on the NIFA Current Research Information System. The deadline for Potato Breeding research is March 28, 2017. See the request for…
Funding to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-grant Institutions
…State University, Tennessee State University, Prairie View A&M University, Virginia State University, and West Virginia State University. The application deadline is March 21, 2017. See the request for applications on…