…increase food production. Certainly our farmers are. It is accepted that by 2075 the population of the world will reach seven billion people. It will take twice as much food…
Funding to Help Agricultural Producers / Small Rural Businesses
Funding will help beginning, veteran, and socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to expand businesses Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is providing more than $45 million to help farmers, ranchers,…
Crop Insurance Options for Upland Cotton Farmers
…was a covered commodity and eligible for support payments. Now, if cotton producers want Government-sponsored protection in addition to preexisting Federal crop insurance programs, like Revenue Protection (RP), they must…
Farm Groups Discuss Food Industry GMO Marketing Claims/Conflict with Sustainable Agriculture
…and the intersection of both trends. The farmers were also joined by an agricultural academic researcher who talks about why sustainability and food biotechnology are linked. This follows the decision…
EPA Investigating Reports of Improper Dicamba Use
…United States. The Missouri Department of Agriculture in August said it was investing more than 90 dicamba drift complaints. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says insurance companies will not compensate farmers…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…Louis, called “C-Quest: Charting a Course for Climate Research in Agriculture,” and featured the Soil Health Partnership as a leader in helping farmers adopt progressive practices. The ILSI Research Foundation,…
River Infrastructure Major Concern for Corn Farmers
…contributes to long delays because of the lock size. But a disruption of any length of time related to their deteriorating condition would be catastrophic for family farmers who are…
APHIS Proposes Imports of Hass Avocados
…be safely imported while still protecting U.S. plant health. At the request of the Colombian government, APHIS prepared a pest risk assessment and risk management document. This work identified four…
Funding for Electric Projects in 31 States
…schools, public safety and health care facilities; and helped bring high-speed Internet access to nearly 6 million rural residents and businesses. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/results. To read more about…
APHIS Proposes Orchids Can Be Safely Imported
…submit comments by either of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0005 Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2016-0005, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS,…
Western View: Green is the New Angry
…It feels like there is an ‘X’ factor at work here. There is something I am not getting. I’ve studied ecology and the environment, and I believe that farmers are…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…stake is California’s fresh citrus production. California farmers provide much of the nation’s supply of navel oranges, mandarins, lemons and specialty citrus varieties—and have looked on nervously while Florida citrus…
Export Exchange Wrapping Up
…domestic suppliers of corn, distiller’s dried grains with solubles and other commodities. Grains Council CEO Tom Sleight says the event is “critical for our industry” at a time when farmers…
Syngenta Files Appeal
…judge’s ruling allowing the ligation to proceed. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of thousands of U.S. corn farmers seeking up to $5 billion from Syngenta. The group…