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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
An increase in capacity for technical assistance within the Natural Resources Conservation Service is necessary as the agency looks to integrate $18.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding into its conservation programs, but the agency will likely need to look at ways to expand its roster of non-government experts as it struggles to bring in enough qualified professionals to fill its internal workforce needs.
Animal agriculture groups and USDA are concerned that EPA-proposed restrictions on rodenticides will increase costs for producers but not provide effective control of rats, mice, moles and other vermin.
If current environmental trends continue through the end of the century, the world could see corn production decline by 40 percent but wheat yields gain 30-40 percent, according to a top NASA scientist.
Agriculture Department leaders are offering the nation’s rice producers a look at the $250 million assistance program expected later this year and giving them a chance to start filling out their applications before the program is officially announced.
Agriculture Department leaders didn’t officially receive a slate of interim recommendations from an Equity Commission convened last year until Tuesday, but the department says many of the suggestions are already in the works.
USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says a drive to diversify revenue streams through the growth of climate-smart commodities has potential but also needs to be better understood from an economic standpoint.
American farmers need to diversify their income sources in order to survive in an era of growing consolidation, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday, emphasizing adoption of climate-smart practices and expansion of local and regional food systems.
U.S. farmers are going to be producing and exporting a lot more grain and oilseeds for their respective 2023-24 marketing years, according to new forecasts released Thursday at USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum.
Spain's highly subsidized olives will be facing stiff antidumping duties after a World Trade Organization ruling favorable to U.S. growers allowed the Commerce Department to confirm the tariffs.
