…USDA is preparing contingency plans in case we lose NAFTA,” Durdan adds, “but at the farm level there is no amount of preparation that will make a difference when it…
Secretary Perdue Supports Better Guestworker Program
…start and we want to continue the ball in the air, moving down the field, to see if we can get a legal guestworker program for agricultural producers,” Perdue stated….
Indoor Garden Preparation
…on This Land of Ours. Indoor Garden Preparation When weather diverts your gardening plans indoors, here are some projects that will keep you thinking of the outdoors and prepare you…
USDA Invests in Integrated Pest Management for Increased Production
…Mississippi, $498,387 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, $393,049 More information on these projects is available on the NIFA website. Among past projects, Rutgers University collected field and…
USDA NRCS Fire-Recovery Programs Continue in California
…efforts following imminent hazards to life and property caused by natural disasters. For more information on available NRCS, FSA or RMA assistance, contact a local field office, or visit www.usda.gov…
Tour Shows Ornamental Pumpkin Big Business
…been necessary to compete. “Back in the day, we would plant a field of pumpkins…leave them on the vine…make a parking lot for the people and they would come get…
Almond Board: Leadership Program Personal Experience
…the industry address the challenges facing agriculture. As a Federal Marketing Order, it is important to note that the Board is prohibited from lobbying and setting field or market prices….
Another Successful California Small Farm Conference
…small urban businesses that have developed in San Joaquin County. One of the field courses brought participants out to farming locations to hear about conservation practices. The other field course…
USDA Aims to Improve Food and Nutrition Education for Low-Income Communities
…Paul, Minnesota, $396,372 Springfield Community Gardens, Springfield, Missouri, $375,000 Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration, Brooklyn, New York, $239,140 Massachusetts Avenue Project, Buffalo, New York, $389,088 Lantern Community Services Inc., New York, New…
Campbell Soup Company Joins Plant Based Lobbying Group
…an industry giant acknowledging retreating consumer demand for meat and dairy-heavy food. The company maintains its move to leave the Grocery Manufacturers Association wasn’t in preparation to join PBFA, but…
Data Integration Vital to the Farm of the Future
The Open Farm 2018 field day centered around the future of data integration and how to bridge the gap between the end users in agriculture and the developers of ag…
Seed Company Helps Jump-start Elementary Garden
…because we can meet all of the different requests that come in and then coordinate with the research on which trials that are being worked on in the field can…
Congress Member Questions Trump’s Ability to Withdraw From NAFTA
…Robert Lighthizer at the time that “it is important that leveling the playing field for Wisconsin dairy farmers be a top priority,” as part of the NAFTA renegotiations. From the…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
…next generation of leaders, and includes leadership training seminars, hands-on educational opportunities, field experience and a firsthand look at the inner workings of ABC. Through the Almond Leadership Program, participants…