…along with technical knowledge in the food and agricultural disciplines so they can address the emerging agricultural challenges of the 21st century.” The National Needs Fellowship Grants Program seeks to…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…“NIFA support for these predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates is helping foster an inclusive arena and cultivate future agricultural science leaders who can solve future food challenges.” AFRI is America’s flagship…
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
…on these projects is available on the NIFA website. NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension that solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative…
Fresno County 2016 Crop Report Shows Drought, Market Impacts
…the San Joaquin Valley, the successes and challenges reflected in this report impact all residents directly,” said FCFB CEO Ryan Jacobsen. One of the features of the report is listing…
Improving Livestock Digestion with GMO Clover
…to alfalfa. More data will need to be collected before the best method of use for the technology can be established to effectively improve livestock digestion. One of the challenges…
GAO Estimates 200,000 Wild Horses Roaming on Federal Lands
…there could be as many as 9.2 million domesticated horses, burros, and mules in the United States. The GAO says there are several challenges in managing the wild herd, including…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…challenges the requirement as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, because it unconstitutionally deprives Willie of his liberty to engage in the career of his choosing. The…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. Producers are facing significant challenges this marketing year, and the Program is responding with initiatives intended to help margins in the short-term while staying…
Congress Returns Next Month Facing Challenges
Congress returns next month and immediately faces huge spending and debt ceiling challenges, before other politically important measures like tax reform and the farm bill. House and Senate appropriators have…
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…after the Obama-era WOTUS is repealed. “We’re trying to fix the challenges from the 2015 rule, where the Obama Administration re-imagined their authority under the Clean Water Act and defined…
FDA Relaxes Restrictions on Ultra-Filtered Milk
…released a statement saying it was taking the action because of recent changes in some export markets that have caused an oversupply of dairy products and pricing challenges as a…
APHIS Publishes Final Rule to Allow Fresh Hass Avocado Fruit from Colombia into the Continental U.S.
…include but is not limited to, the following: grove and packing house certification, monthly inspections for registered groves during the harvest and shipping seasons, grove pest control and sanitation requirements,…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…acreage—”at least not in the foreseeable future.” “It’s probably one of the more difficult crops to grow,” he said of apples, noting ongoing challenges with codling moth, fire blight, sunburn…
Poll Shows Americans Support Tax Reform for Farmers
…survey say farmers and ranchers should get special tax treatment because of the challenges and risks that are specific to agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….