…mitigate climate variability, and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for email updates or follow us on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAimpacts….
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…Growers Association’s strategic plan includes a goal to establish three new uses that each utilizes 25 million bushels or more by 2020. The concept of open innovation provides a path…
Conaway Applauds Delay of Compliance Dates for FSMA Agricultural Water Standards
…Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) produce safety rule: “Producers need additional time to come into compliance with FSMA’s produce safety rules, and I commend the FDA for providing this needed flexibility….
USDA Announces $6 Million for Sustainable Energy Research
…our nation’s economic prosperity,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “These investments help develop more options for producing energy and biobased industrial products.” Biomass feedstocks are plant and algal materials that…
Trump to Talk Rural Infrastructure Improvements
The national infrastructure will get some attention from the White House this week as the administration gets set to put out details on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Politico’s Morning…
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman on U.S. Beef to China
…Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts says the plan gives U.S. beef access to more than one billion consumers… Roberts told the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently that trade…
Conference Instills Leadership in FFA Members
Thousands of FFA members from throughout the country are converging on Washington, D.C., this summer to evaluate their personal skills and interests, develop leadership talent and create service plans that…
Leaving Paris Climate Accord Could Impact Trade Negotiations
The Donald Trump administration is pledging a plan of bilateral trade negotiations with individual countries, but Politico speculates his latest move may hinder negotiations. President Trump removed the U.S. from…
Ag Groups Seek Truck Weight Limits Increase
…to allow the states to engage in a pilot program to obtain information on the safety and environmental benefits of increasing the maximum commercial truck weight on interstate highways. In…
Agri View: Farm Labor Help Needed
…farmer could personally hire all of the help he needed. The H-2A takes time and it cost a lot of money. Certain wage levels, good housing, safety standards. All come…
Roberts/Stabenow: No More Cuts to Agriculture
…insurance by $29 billion which would take away a critical part of the farm safety net when it’s needed most.” A panel of economists and Ag business members testified that…
Tools to Navigate Nation’s Parks and Forests
…the season. It could also mean a planning that first camping trip, as many campgrounds open this weekend for the camping season. Many people also are thinking about planning a…
Conaway, Goodlatte Call on Attorney General to Evaluate DOJ Overreach in Prosecuting WOTUS Violation in CA Court Case
…the lives of hardworking Americans. Congress made its intentions of how the Clean Water Act was to be applied for the health and safety of Americans, but the Obama administration…
Must Have Tool for BBQ Food Safety
…be a real outdoor grilling expert we have to use a meat thermometer. For more information on grilling or any food safety subject, you can call the meat and poultry…