…Conservation District (FRSWCD) will put $3 million in RCPP funds to work developing and implementing climate change adaption solutions. “Assisting producers and landowners in the implementation of best management practices…
Combs a Surprise Potential Ag Secretary Nominee
…working to put her name into consideration” with President-elect Trump’s transition management team. The team didn’t comment publicly, but Combs is the first publicly acknowledged candidate for Ag Secretary to…
USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Dairy Farms
…the final phase of the 2016 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). ARMS is a joint effort between NASS and USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). The survey is an annual program…
Cost Share Opportunities for Organic Producers/Handlers
…Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) and the Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program, and at the same time provide more opportunities for organic producers to access other…
Almond Matters: Control Winter Weeds
…control weeds. Producers are well aware of the nuisance of weeds. Valent U.S.A. Manager of Field Development Pat Clay explains why weed control is so important when planning for the…
Almond Orchard of the Future Fuels Industry Growth
…what the almond orchard of the future might look like. “That is sort of captured in the overall umbrella of everything we are doing, which is accelerated innovation management,” Waycott…
Protecting Natural Resources Through Joint Chiefs’ Partnership
…Project (Nebraska National Forest and Pawnee National Grasslands) $874,746 (Forest Service $547,336 NRCS $327,410) Oregon – Salmon Superhwy Basin Management Project (Siuslaw National Forest) $412,855 (Forest Service $162,855 NRCS $250,000)…
CRP Incentive For Forest Land Management
Brad Pfaff of the Farm Service Agency explains a new financial incentive for management of forests on lands enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program. Forest Land Management…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Comments on Nomination of Ryan Zinke to Interior
…overwhelmed the carrying capacity of arid lands, destroying not just grasslands but habitat for many other species. Officials at the department’s Bureau of Land Management have systematically reduced the acres…
USDA Rushing to Finish Organic Livestock Welfare Rule
…under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget, but a USDA spokesperson told the Hagstrom Report this week that USDA will do everything possible to push the…
Greater Flexibility on Using Phosphorus from Manure
…phosphorus from the new treatment method could offer a less costly alternative, adds Church. He is with ARS’s Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit. Church, together with his ARS…
Updating the National Poultry Improvement Program
…meleagridis, and Avian Influenza. In addition, the NPIP currently includes commercial poultry, turkeys, waterfowl, exhibition poultry, backyard poultry, and game birds. The technical and management provisions of the NPIP have…
USCA Urges Action on Farmer Fair Practices Rules
…Stockyards Administration, or GIPSA, Farmer Fair Practices Rules. The two proposed rules, and one interim rule were sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for approval. In…
Detector Dogs Funded to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative…