…mineral content and or specific fatty acid content as examples. And this offers a dual benefit. Improved nutrition for the consumers as well as improved animal health through better nutrition….
USDA Investments Make Big Impact for Rural America in 2015
…a $16 million Community Facilities loan to help build a surgical center and health clinic in Wickenburg, Ariz. Construction began in 2015. When the 10,700-square-foot center is finished, it will…
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…soil and water conservation improvements. FSA designed the expanded program to simplify the application process, expand eligibility requirements and expedite smaller real estate loans to help farmers strengthen their operations….
Fuel Up To Play 60 Growing Success And Support
…For Fuel Up To Play 60 More about Fuel Up to Play 60 Fuel Up to Play 60 is the nation’s largest in-school health and wellness program, created by the…
Dietary Guidelines
…Americans make healthy choices in their daily lives to help prevent chronic disease and enjoy a healthy diet. It serves as the evidence-based foundation for nutrition education materials that are…
Agri View: Buy or Rent Farmland
…year? “This is a challenge, especially if you’re going onto a piece of land that needs a lot of soil amendment or things like that,” says Annie Heuscher, program manager…
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
…evaluated and prioritized for funding. NRCS has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America’s private landowners and managers conserve their soil, water and other natural resources since 1935….
Feed a Bee
…you in selecting plants for pollinators specific to your area. This is downloadable for the iphone or android devices. Visit www.pollinator.org/guides.htm. For more information on bee health, please visit beehealth.bayer.us….
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…of soil and is fed a nutrient mist. The problem, of course, is these plants need light to grow, and providing enough light has always been cost-prohibitive in greenhouses. But…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine 2016 Update
…will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. In California, HLB has been detected in 2012 and 2015 on residential properties in Los Angeles County. This…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…
Peanut Butter and Caffeine
…the marketing of these novel food products in order to ensure public health and the integrity of the regulatory system designed to protect the food supply. From FDA.gov website Added…
USDA Awards $3 Million for Robotics Research
…Health (NIH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. The goal of the National Robotics Initiative (link is external) is to accelerate the development…
Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend
…workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing “hands-on” information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry. Read more from USDA….