By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
As critics and proponents continue to clash over the possibility of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) becoming mandatory, the USDA has set up “listening sessions” in an attempt to hear all sides, allay fears and combat misperceptions about the program....
Recent changes to Kentucky’s CPH-45 program will enhance its stature as an elite feeder cattle program and add value to the cattle in the program, Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said....
The USDA recently announced the passage of a referendum to continue the National Peanut Board, a farmer funded advertising, promotion and research board that works to increase demand for USA-grown peanuts. ...
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that he is hosting this year's "Farm to Fuel" summit July 29-31 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando....
By Jack Bachelor
North Carolina Extension Entomologist
Although North Carolina cotton producers routinely get banged up with thrips, in recent years we’ve been fortunate that cotton aphids have only been a sporadic pest....
By Austin Hagan
Alabama Extension Plant Pathologist
Given plenty of rainfall and a susceptible variety, one of several leaf spot and blight diseases can cut corn yields....
USDA has announced a proposed rule for applying the dairy promotion checkoff to imported dairy products, a development many years in the making that has drawn the praise of the National Milk Producers Federation....
Take time this month to indulge in a hearty breakfast of steak and eggs to celebrate beef month and egg month and support U.S. beef and egg producers as well as U.S. soybean farmers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Corn growers want to see a mechanism in which they can sell carbon credits on a regulated market to help offset rising production costs from newly introduced climate change legislation, the president of the National Corn Growers Association says....
By Kim Kaplan
United States Department of Agriculture
Honey bee colony losses nationwide were approximately 29 percent from all causes from September 2008 to April 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
There has been plenty of commodity group support for President Obama’s recent directive to the USDA, the EPA and the Department of Energy to pick up the biofuels development pace....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
The cool, wet weather Kentucky recently experienced was a mixed blessing for many hay producers....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The nation’s food manufacturers are not in danger of running out of sugar despite their claims to the contrary, the American Sugar Alliance said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday (May 18)....
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited southeast Georgia this week and held a rural community forum to listen to comments and concerns of local residents. ...
The Alabama Peanut Producers Association (APPA) made a special delivery recently and donated 24 pallets (approximately 25,000 - 12 ounce jars) of peanut butter to the Montgomery Area Food Bank, for distribution to other food banks throughout the state. ...
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