…has invested $31.3 billion in 963 electric projects that have financed more than 185,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines serving 4.6 million rural residents. For more information, visit www.usda.gov/results….
Concerns Grow at USDA as Farmer Responses to Crop Surveys Drop
USDA officials concerned as fewer farmers are electing to respond to USDA crop surveys. Gary Crawford has the story. concerns-grow-at-usda…
Training, Educating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…USDA’s assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers can be found at www.usda.gov/NewFarmers. NIFA invests in and advances innovative and transformative research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges and ensure…
National Farm to School Month
…their food comes from and being exposed to lessons about healthy eating. And while all these great things are taking place, our nation’s farmers, ranchers, fishermen, as well as food…
Banking Group Supports Bill Offering Tax Relief for Rural Lending
The Independent Community Bankers of America last week endorsed legislation that the organization says would provide tax relief for farmers. The group says the Enhancing Credit Opportunities in Rural America…
Agri View: Foreign Trade
…tastes like is one thing, but supporting the American farmer is another. People who don’t farm make trade deals. Farmers who feed us have very little input on international trade….
Livestock Sales Bill Clears Senate, Heads to White House
…backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Sheep Industry Association, Livestock Marketing Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Farmers Union, National Livestock Producers Association, and United States Cattlemen’s Association….
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 2 Percent
…were asked to report their hog and pig inventories as of September 1, 2016.. The Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report and all other NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov….
U.S. Corn and Soybean Stocks Up from 2015
…8.8 bushels from the previous year. This is the highest barley yield on record since the estimates began in 1866. This and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov….
NIFA Awards Community Food Projects
…food systems, including by increasing SNAP access at farmers markets, can be found online at New Markets, New Opportunities. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts,…
Support for Minority and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…has been invested through the program to help minority and veteran farmers and ranchers. Find a list of the funded organizations online at USDA dot gov (www.usda.gov) From the National…
China Wants GMOs, Citizens Don’t
…dampening China’s public hostility towards GMOs. Opponents claim GMOs are unsafe, but that goes against the scientific consensus within and outside of China. Bloomberg suggests that until China’s government addresses…
NCGA Applauds WRDA House Passage
…legislative session. “Farmers and ranchers need to be able to get their products to market quickly and safely, and inland waterways are a critical part of that process for much…
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency have tried to expand their authority to regulate what crops farmers grow and how they grow them, based on the agencies’ interpretation of the…