Bergland passed away at a nursing home in his hometown of Roseau, Minnesota Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter’s unpopular Soviet Union [Read More …]
Event Features Leading Dairy and Food Chain Experts Dec. 19-20 in Madison, Wis. Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been added to the top-notch [Read More …]
Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a joint letter to state environmental and agricultural agencies actively voicing support for collaborative, market-based approaches to reduce nutrient overloading and [Read More …]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday their intent to work with state, tribal, and local agencies to reduce the flow of nutrients into navigable waters from non-point sources, [Read More …]
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship receives grant to recruit and support Veterans Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is proud to announce receipt of a $954,000 USDA grant to create dairy farming career path for military veterans through participation [Read More …]
Seven trade missions will help expand export opportunities for U.S. agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will sponsor seven trade missions in 2019 to expand export opportunities for U.S. agriculture across the globe, Under [Read More …]
Several concerns raised over efforts of the Rural Broadband Pilot Program Slow speeds, bad coverage and expensive service. These are just some of the concerns contained in nearly 300 public comments on Rural Broadband Pilot [Read More …]
American Statistical Association calls on Congress to intervene, requests independent analysis of department’s claims The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s reorganization plan, which would relocate a key agricultural research agency outside Washington, DC, has drawn [Read More …]
USDA is investing more than $449M to help build an innovative water management system U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $449 million to [Read More …]
Combined Livestock Receipts from Carlisle, Dewart, Greencastle, New Holland, Middleburg, and Vintage. Across Pennsylvania this week, cooler temperatures and our first snow of the season. Roads were a mess by midday on Tursday with road [Read More …]
Funds establish and enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announces six awards(link is external) to help military veterans pursue farming and ranching [Read More …]
Public comment period will be extended and will remain open through December 26th Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting to discuss the use [Read More …]
From the week ending September 29 to the week ending November 3, price directions were mixed for the wholesale dairy products reported in the USDA National Dairy Products Sales Report (NDPSR). The butter price fell by 2.5 [Read More …]
Investments will expand access to health care for approximately 2 million people Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $501 million in 60 projects to help improve health [Read More …]
More than 200 organizations express concern over nomination of USDA chief scientist Scott Hutchins. Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R., Kan.) and ranking member Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) announced that the committee will [Read More …]
Producers may be eligible for assistance through USDA FSA programs U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Clark Putman reminds New York State producers who experienced losses from natural disasters during [Read More …]
More than 27,000 businesses and residents to get improved e-connectivity Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing in infrastructure projects in a dozen states (PDF, 132 KB) to improve [Read More …]
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $1.6 billion in 46 rural electric utility infrastructure projects (PDF, 170 KB) to improve electric reliability and resilience in 24 states. “Reliable [Read More …]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Greg Ibach joined dairy farmers in Tulare County, Calif., on Nov. 7 to celebrate implementation of the new California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) that went into effect November [Read More …]
Participants will meet 1-on-1 with potential customers, learn about local market conditions Representatives from nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations are joining Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Ken Isley on a U.S. Department of [Read More …]
USDA’s investments will help more than 4.5 million rural Americans Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is awarding grants for 128 projects to increase access to job training (PDF, 351 KB), educational and health care [Read More …]
RMA announces cooperative agreements for risk management education The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced funding for partner organizations in educating farmers, ranchers, and producers with real-time crop insurance information [Read More …]
Under Secretary McKinney will lead a trade mission to Southern Africa Oct. 29-Nov. 2 U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Southern [Read More …]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) needs to better reflect the dairy-farm incomes lost to tariff retaliation when it calculates its next round of trade mitigation payments, the National Milk Producers Federation said. In a letter [Read More …]
Growing for the Future is a unique online, interactive conference focused on beginning farmer and rancher issues, including cooperatives, USDA programs, women and veterans in farming, conservation, and much more! Speakers from Farmer Veteran Coalition, USDA Farm Service [Read More …]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) needs to better reflect the dairy-farm incomes lost to tariff retaliation when it calculates its next round of trade mitigation payments, the National Milk Producers Federation said today. In [Read More …]
The Animal Genomics Improvement Laboratory (AGIL), located in Beltsville, MD as part of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, has two open positions to fill. The first is a full-time, permanent position for an animal scientist who [Read More …]
USDA will issue $9.4 million in grants for training, outreach, technical assistance U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $9.4 million in grants (PDF, 750 KB) to provide [Read More …]
Total exceeds $4.8 billion Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to invest in rural America with more than $4.8 billion in payments being made, starting this month, [Read More …]
USDA staff in the regional, State and county offices stand ready and eager to help The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses potentially impacted by Hurricane Michael of [Read More …]
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