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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 04, 2025
The California Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health and Food Safety Services is looking to fill multiple seats on the Cattle Health Advisory Task Force and the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board.
USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service is embarking on a big hiring push to recruit the staff needed to carry out the Inflation Reduction Act's boost to many of its programs.
A key dairy-state lawmaker and Senate Agriculture Committee member hopes the 2023 farm bill will help expand rural broadband service, and he also believes that it's also critical for Congress to address ag labor needs.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation today to ensure the government keeps using U.S. commodities to provide food aid around the world. About half the funds for the Food for Peace program are currently used to purchase and deliver U.S. farm goods.
Some electric tractors have hit the U.S. market, but it's not yet certain which federal incentive will be available to farmers looking to defray the high cost of the new machines.
Farmers and ranchers looking to serve their community next year can now be nominated for the Farm Service Agency’s county committees. This year, the Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process with the addition of a GIS tool for producers to make nominations and vote.
Grapes cultivated for wine and forage for livestock will now qualify for the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase Two after a modification made by the USDA.
HotHog, a smartphone application developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and a team of university scientists, analyzes levels of heat stress hogs might be facing and recommends corresponding cooling measures.
