…by trade fluctuation. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will dispense those commodities through various nutrition assistance programs such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program and child nutrition programs. FAS…
Your Trash May Benefit Your Garden
…worthy and what is composite worthy. Organic compost Why? Compost enhances garden fertility. It recycles the nutrients of food scraps, grass clippings, fallen leaves, and other common organic matter from…
Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice
…sorgoleone should require less herbicides to control weeds. At a minimum, the natural compound could reduce the amount of synthetic chemicals sprayed onto food crops. Secondly, growers would spend less…
Memphis Meats, NAMI Want Joint Regulation of Cell-Based Meat
…says they’re asking that the Food and Drug Administration and the Ag Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service share regulatory responsibilities for cell-based meat. The letter says in the case…
Agri View: Two Cultures of Vultures
…a lot of difference. The common turkey buzzard lives on any food it can find. The black buzzard can be a serious problem for farmers. A large group of them…
NRCS Lending Assistance with Wildfire Recovery
…closely with other agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Food and Agriculture, CalFire, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The largest wildfire in California’s history,…
American Prefer Grocery Stores Over Online Ordering
…once a week. Only four percent of adults said they order online groceries weekly. Aside from purchasing their own food, presumably to make at home, 45 percent of adults report…
Water Works: Legislative Compromise in Works for California Water Concerns
…of the state’s water supply. Johansson expressed the need for cooperation between communities and state agencies when making decisions that affect all water users. “There is a way to use…
Citrus Study Says Regulation Costs to Increase
…report, The Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in 2011 and is still being implemented, will not require major changes for growers who are already GFSI-certified (Global Food Safety…
Concerns Growing over USDA Reorganization
…Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., to a more “cost-effective” location closer to farmers. The Public and Land-grant Universities Board on…
Survey: Commodity Prices Impacting Ag Retailers
…the extent to which data and analytics are implemented into their current systems. Proagrica is self-described as the leading independent provider of data integration and insight across the agriculture supply…
USDA Announces Section 32 Beef, Chicken Purchases
…purchases will “help in balancing the supply and demand situation in the market.” The section 32 purchases are intended to encourage continued domestic consumption of the products by diverting them…
NFU: Beef Producers Disadvantaged by Current “Product of U.S.A” Labeling Standards
…United States to carry the “Product of the U.S.A.” label. NFU wrote to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, that the standards “need to be changed immediately.” The NFU action…
Perdue Talks Tariffs, Water in San Joaquin Valley
…care about eating every day and if the farmers don’t have water they are not going to get food to the United States.” Listen to the interview with Perdue below….