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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Department of Agriculture is making available just under $2 billion for producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 in a new program officially launching today.
A House Natural Resources subcommittee held an oversight hearing Thursday in which experts argued for and against livestock grazing on federal lands and reviewed the role of ranchers in regulating the practice.
When House and Senate negotiators sit down in coming days to start writing the final version of a new farm bill, they will find that many of their sharpest differences will be over how far they should reshape and fund conservation programs.
House Republican leaders are promising to put a bill on the floor this month to address farmer's demand for more workers but the fractious immigration debate in June suggests that passing an ag labor measure won't be easy.
"The possibilities are endless," says Bob Brock, referring to the use of drones in agriculture. Brock is leading a team from the Kansas Department of Transportation that's exploring expanded use of drone technology, including beyond "line of sight" operations.
A growing number of U.S. dairy producers are realizing innovative income streams from what
they are calling “brown gold.” They are using digesters to turn manure into biogas, which is later converted into compressed or liquefied natural gas, electricity or other fuels.
World agricultural production is increasing and demand growth weakening, causing lower real farm prices for the next decade, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
USDA’s National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board is seeking approximately eight new members to begin duties after Sept. 30.
President Donald Trump says he’ll announce his nominee Monday to fill the pivotal Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Anthony Kennedy, and farm groups are eager this week for House and Senate negotiations to begin on a new farm bill.
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