…important environmental sustainability work and diverse market promotion of past farm bills, they need to pass a strong farm bill before September 30.” AFBF and NFU, together with more than…
ASTA Promotes Safe Handling and Storage of Treated Seed during Harvest
…How Seed Treatments Support Sustainability Learn how ag innovations, including seed treatments, contribute to sustainability in our newest video– a partnership between ASTA, AEM, and NCGA For more information, visit:…
NCGA Seeking Good Steward Nominations
…by experts in the field of agricultural conservation, environment and sustainability. The announcement of the recipient will be made at Commodity Classic in Orlando, Florida, next year. From the National…
Secretary Perdue Statement on EJC Ruling on Genome Editing
…consumers, potential benefits include healthier, higher-quality foods at affordable prices. For farmers, they include improvements in productivity, plant and animal health, and environmental sustainability. “The global regulatory treatment of genome-edited…
Nutrien to Acquire Agrible
…being utilized by growers and sustainability partners across numerous global geographies, with the U.S. representing the company’s largest commercial market. Nutrien is self-described as the world’s largest provider of crop…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…regulations faced by livestock agriculture,” said NPPC President Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio. “These companies – and their unsubstantiated claims about the sustainability, safety and ethics of…
Water Works: More Wine Country Basins May Soon Come Under SGMA Rules
…those are in Napa and Sonoma Counties. The possible reprioritization would require compliance with SGMA and each basin would need to form a groundwater sustainability agency and complete a sustainability…
Erin Fitzgerald Hired to Lead U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance as New CEO
…organization as its next chief executive officer. Erin Fitzgerald formerly served as Senior Vice President, Global Sustainability for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy®, a part of Dairy Management Inc….
Bayer Closes Monsanto Acquisition
…offer employees around the world attractive jobs and development opportunities,” said Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Bayer Board of Management. “Our sustainability targets are as important to us as our…
National Pork Board Elects New Officers
…meeting. In a statement Rommeriem said “In the year ahead, the Pork Checkoff will focus on driving consumer demand through sustainability.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
US Sales of California Wine Increased in 2017
…release. “The quality, selection, and commitment to sustainability make California wines well-positioned for growth.” The overall U.S. market for wine grew by one percent, with 403.4 million cases being shipping…
Sustainability Key for Grower and IndustrySponsored Content
Sustainability continues to be a buzzword in the agriculture industry. But Yara North America’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brian Kenyon said if growers aren’t sustainable than neither are…
Secretary Perdue Receives Request for Dairy Relief Funds
…prices and incomes as the reason for the needed funding and believes that the USDA should immediately provide assistance. “The sustainability of a dairy is now a function of the…
Fifth Crow Farm – An Ecosystem of Sustainability
“When you first start farming, you have ideas of what you want to do to be sustainable and successful, but you can’t afford it,” says 39-year old John Vars of…