Articles by Daniel Enoch

USDA today said it will fund 325 projects with $45 million through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program to help farmers, ranchers, small businesses and entrepreneurs nationwide develop new product lines.

USDA says it will provide $3.6 billion in loans to finance 82 electric infrastructure upgrades in 31 states, creating jobs and improving system operations for rural electric customers across the country.

Facing a poor economic outlook, North American agriculture equipment dealers must transform in order to improve returns on invested capital, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory group.

Several leading U.S. farm groups are urging food companies to think twice about their sustainability goals, saying they may actually be causing more harm than good.

Sally Rockey marked her first year as executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research by putting out the call for ðrevolutionaryð ideas that can help farmers feed a world population thatðs expected to swell beyond 9 billion by mid-century.

USDAs Food Safety Inspection Service has issued guidance to make sure that the Grass Fed label on beef means what it says  that Grass Fed or 100% Grass Fed claims may only be applied to meat labels derived from cattle that were only fed grass aft

NTCA The Rural Broadband Association is applauding the House of Representatives for passing the Communications Act Update Act of 2016, which includes provisions to combat problems of telephone calls failing to complete to rural areas as well as measures to relieve small business network o

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has renewed a cooperative agreement with the FDA related to the implementation of the Produce Safety Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) opened its 2016 annual meeting today by calling for the federal government to allow the states to play a greater role in policymaking in the next administration.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new USDA initiatives to counter an epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse that has killed thousands of Americans, with a disproportionate impact on rural communities.