…after fires, including new and improved seeding methods. Greater sage-grouse and other wildlife depend on native plant communities for food and habitat. The interagency team incorporated research planning already completed…
Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2017
…works to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures…
Teal Pumpkins
…that means the homeowners will be passing out non-food items – for trick or treaters with food allergies. The Teal Pumpkin Project was started in 2014 as a national campaign…
Biodiesel Industry Urges Extension of Tax Incentive
…the U.S. biodiesel industry in recent years is paying tremendous dividends in reducing emissions, strengthening our energy security, generating competition in the diesel sector and creating jobs and economic activity…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures that Americans spend less of their paychecks at the grocery store than most people in other…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…Department of Food and Agriculture, and on California farms, and in organizations throughout our agricultural community, that one, simple fact urges us all to prepare now for a future that…
Bayer CEO Defends Monsanto Acquisition
…million global crop seeds and pesticide industry over the past 12 months. The European Union antitrust reviews are currently going on for deals involving Syngenta and ChemChina as well as…
Agri View: Population Growth Challenges
…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
…The grants are a key element of USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, which coordinates the Department’s work on local and regional food systems. Secretary Vilsack has identified…
Farm Groups Discuss Food Industry GMO Marketing Claims/Conflict with Sustainable Agriculture
National farm association leaders unveiled plans for a “straight talk” campaign to engage the food industry in a dialogue on sustainable agriculture production, the marketing practices used to reach consumers,…
Judge Considering Merits of Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
…this week from attorneys representing R-CALF and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the Beef Checkoff program, according to Food Safety News. R-CALF alleges the Beef Checkoff is allowing the Montana…
Ag Tech Investments Reach Record
Investments in agricultural technology reached a record $25 billion globally last year, despite a softer global agriculture economy. A new report released this week by the Boston Consulting Group and…
Agri View: Country of Origin Labeling Choice
…the source of certain foods. Food products covered by the law include muscle cut and ground meats: lamb, goat, and chicken; wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish; fresh and frozen…
Soil Health Key Topic of Climate-Smart Ag Meeting
…together with Monsanto Company, Soil Health Partnership, Washington University in St. Louis, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture, organized…