Fund to Help Capitalize Small Rural Businesses Acting Deputy Under Secretary Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA has certified the Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV LP as an investment pool…
Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations
…cattle producers that discourage innovation and impose rigid requirements that do not work on cattle operations and, moreover, defy common sense.” NCBA and PLC called on the agency to replace…
Dairy Industry Launches Marketing Campaign
The dairy industry has launched a multi-year marketing campaign promoting more than just milk. The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, in partnership with America’s Dairy Farm Families and Importers, has…
PMA: Work Smarter, Not Harder
…innovating all along,” Whitaker said. “(Innovation) use to focus on new products and getting those high-quality products to various locations around the country almost overnight.” Past innovations have focused on…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…charged with identifying legislative, regulatory and policy changes that would enhance American agriculture, rural economic development, job growth, infrastructure improvements, technological innovation, energy security and quality of life in rural…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…around the world.” The task force will examine and consider, among other issues, current barriers to economic prosperity in rural America and how innovation and technology may play a role…
National Dairy FARM Program Releases Environmental Stewardship Reference Manual to Celebrate Earth Day
The National Dairy FARM Program has released its Environmental Stewardship Continuous Improvement Reference Manual in cooperation with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Released in celebration of Earth Day, the…
RFA Celebrates Earth Day 2017
…continue, driving further innovation and even lower carbon technologies in the future. The RFS has also helped to reduce foreign oil imports. In 2016, U.S. net petroleum dependence was 25%,…
Almond Board: Air Quality Programs
…2 diesel engines with new Tier 4 emissions-certified diesel engines. Conservation Innovation Grants The Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) is a voluntary program intended to stimulate the development and adoption of…
Reebok to Manufacture Shoes Made from Corn, Organic Cotton
…as well as other initiatives we have in the works.” The Reebok Future team is Reebok’s innovation department dedicated to creating new technologies, ideas, techniques and prototypes. “Reebok has a…
World Trade Expanding Amid Deep Uncertainty
…to economic difficulties, not part of the problem. In fact, innovation, automation and new technologies are responsible for roughly 80% of the manufacturing jobs that have been lost and no…
Tom Nassif Wins Agriculturalist of the Year Award
…system resulting in the formation of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, and opening the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology to accelerate solutions to the agriculture industry’s biggest…
USDA Announces $150.2 Million in Funding through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
…data to synthesize new knowledge, to make predictive decisions, and to foster data-driven innovation in agriculture. This new focus area aligns with NIFA’s Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools (FACT)…
Pork Producers Applaud White House Action on GIPSA Rule
…further vertical integration of our industry and drive packers to own more of their own hogs. “That would reduce competition, stifle innovation and provide no benefits to anyone other than…