…while calling for more research and development to produce highly-effective alternatives with low toxicity. Beijing announced two years ago a goal to achieve zero growth in the amount of pesticides…
Grant Funding Study on Consumers Willingness to Pay for Animal Ag Practices
…was awarded to and matched by the Food Marketing Institute Foundation and the Animal Agriculture Alliance, making a total research investment of $100,000. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research…
Industry Challenges Addressed at Central Valley Avocado Meeting
The recent Central Valley Avocado Meeting that was held at the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center offered some insight on the opportunities and challenges to growing avocados in the…
General Mills Contributes to National Wheat Foundation
…and implementation of soil health practices. The funds, equally distributed over the next three years, will be used to conduct soil health research on wheat farms and education outreach to…
GAO: Improvements Recommended to Checkoff Oversight
…on program websites, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. There are 22 federal agricultural research and promotion programs, funded by a fraction of the sale of each unit of a…
NIFA Supports Increasing Rural Prosperity through Education, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance Programs for the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…approved Master training farms in 10 states with 43 active apprentices, 18 graduates, and 241 candidates for apprenticeship. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and…
California Farm Bureau Welcoming New Leadership at Annual Meeting
…the leading agricultural businesses from across the nation. The breakout sessions will also be covering a variety of subjects including agricultural research, rural crime and safety, and other important issues…
NIFA Funds Food Safety and Nutrition to Promote Safe Food Supply
…State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, $1,200,000 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, $1,200,000 AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area: Assessment of the AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park,…
EU Grants Glyphosate License Renewal
…license renewal of glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world. The unexpected move unblocked a two-year deadlock after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer…
NIFA-Support for Education, Mentoring, and Technical Assistance Programs to Help New Farmers and Ranchers
…and advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more…
GAO: USDA Should Increase Checkoff Program Oversight
…programs. The Hagstrom Report says the AMS should increase its oversight of the 22 national checkoff programs that producers pay fees to for industry research and promotion to expand the…
Turkey Prices Struggling at Thanksgiving
…drop in price is the simple economics of supply and demand. Dewey Warner is a research fellow with Euromonitor International who says the prices drop has been building for a…
Almond Board: Thanksgiving Message
…global market demand for almonds as well as investing in research to address resource efficiencies, food safety and growing practices. The Board does this on behalf of the 6,800 almond…
USDA Helps Military Veterans Learn Skills for Farming and Ranching Careers
…State), and Military Families Learning Network (eXtension) provide current, evidence-based programming to strengthen military families. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve…