…It is also no secret that the safety net for cotton and dairy is failing our producers. To its credit, the entire cotton industry came together on a plan to…
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
…the Summer Food Service Program. Together, these programs comprise America’s nutrition safety net. For more information, visit www.fns.usda.gov. Share this Post Independent Voice for California: Culotti’s Plan April 17, 2026…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…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. $800,000 to Support Distance Education in…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) food safety guidelines into a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable and organic systems. New projects will focus on, but are not…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…rights, permitting and licensing, and conservation requirements beyond what is provided in law. Finally, members will look to improve food safety and the implementation of food safety laws, but also…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…the strict safety standards we’ve established. Food security is a key component of national security, because hunger and peace do not long coexist. And fourth, Perdue will always remember that…
Ag Groups Pleased With Perdue Confirmation
…economy. “Secretary Perdue has expressed support for improving the dairy Margin Protection Program so that it can serve as the effective safety net it was intended to be. NMPF looks…
Chairman Conaway Applauds the Confirmation of Secretary Perdue
…is a top priority in the new Administration. “President Trump has made it clear he supports a good farm bill that is delivered on time and includes a strong safety…
Tulare County Celebrates Farm Bureau Leaders
…farm accounts for decades helping protect worker safety and control risk management concerns at agribusinesses throughout Tulare County. Taylor and Williams have been involved with hosting nut and cotton harvest…
A Better Way to Pasteurize Eggs
…Salmonella bacteria. The device invented by David Geveke, a chemical engineer at the ARS Food Safety and Intervention Technologies Research Unit in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, uses radio frequency (RF) waves to…
Funding to Educate the Future Agricultural Science Workforce
…production, find new sources of energy, 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…
U.S. Petition Seeks Brazilian Beef Ban
…scandal in asking the administration to ban “unsafe imports” from Brazil until all beef in the U.S. is sold with a country-of-origin label. Food Safety News reports the petition was…
Deadline to Apply for Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy June 28th
…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….
$6.3 Million in Funding Available for Resilient Agroecosystems-July 13 Deadline
…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….