…irrigate more than anticipated to keep the canopy healthy enough to combat dehydration. The amount of rainfall seen over winter helped with vine health, but the late rains in spring…
Funding to Recruit and Educate a More Diverse Agricultural Workforce
…of approximately 20 percent underrepresented students. Oregon State University offers scholarships to undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in agriculture, natural resources, food science, or human health, and nutrition. They have…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…and physical health, workforce training and veterans’ employment, agricultural research, regulatory reform, improved access to capital, and increased local control of decision-making. Four working groups have been established to gather…
Vietnam Reopens Market to U.S. DDGS Exports
…our trade relations with an important Asia-Pacific partner,” said Ambassador Lighthizer. Following the suspension, representatives from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) engaged in technical discussions with Vietnam’s…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…or integrated projects in the AFRI Farm Bill priority areas of plant health and production and plant products; animal health and production and animal products; food safety, nutrition, and health;…
Apply for Grants Offered Through Healthy Soils Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is currently accepting applications for two different grant opportunities being offered as part of the Healthy Soils Program (HSP). Farmers interested in…
Exotic Fruits to Try and Why
…of the world are too fragile to survive a trip to America, some exotic fruits do make it to our grocery stores and specialty health food shops. Some varieties of…
Swine Disease Monitoring System in Development
…the pork industry. The system is a collaborative project between the University of Minnesota and USDA/APHIS Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health. Swine Health Information Center Executive Director Paul Sundberg…
McDonald’s Announces Global Antibiotic Phase Out
McDonald’s Corporation announced it’ll be expanding its effort to cut back on the use of antibiotics critical to human health across the global chicken supply. The fast food giant will…
USDA Seeks Public Input on Updates to Animal Welfare Act Licensing Requirements
…potential updates to the law’s licensing requirements. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is tasked with upholding and enforcing the AWA….
USDA Rolls Out New APHIS Compliance Database and Search Tool
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is pleased to announce the rollout of the refined public search tool that provides access to Animal…
South Korea Lifts U.S. Poultry Ban
…imposed the ban in response to a recent detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). On August 11, the United States notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that…
California Pursues New Health Protections on Chlorpyrifos
…the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment are pursuing health protections on one of the most widely used agricultural pesticides in the nation, chlorpyrifos. The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)…
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
…to ensure the protection of workers, public health, and the environment. The pesticides monitored were selected based primarily on potential risk to human health. They include all the major fumigants…