USDA promised to invest in regional markets. Now, it’s happening
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has said many times since taking office that the agency would invest in local and regional markets in an effort to make the food system more…
Read More...Idaho Wool Growers Association leader optimistic about new year
Liz Wilder sees improving conditions and solid long-term opportunity in a sheep industry that continues to diversify as it recovers from COVID-19 challenges. “There is a lot of optimism in…
Read More...Drought taking a lasting toll on ranchers and western dairies
The drought stretching through much of the Great Plains is pushing cattle ranchers and dairy farmers to the breaking point – and sometimes past it – as producers scramble to…
Read More...USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition
USDA Secretary Vilsack announced that more than 50 organizations and countries have officially declared their support for the Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG) Coalition, which…
Read More...Value added: Meat program helps Missoula students learn to raise, butcher, sell
On a brisk fall morning with the pigs huddled in their pen, Tom Andres lamented the lack of a meat processing plant in Montana, but praised a small Missoula program…
Read More...Biden signs bill providing $10B to cover wide range of ag disasters
A stopgap-funding bill that will keep the government operating this fall includes a $10 billion expansion in agricultural disaster aid and temporarily extends authority for USDA’s livestock price reporting system.
Read More...USDA Announces $3 Billion Investment in Agriculture, Animal Health, and Nutrition; Unveils New Climate Partnership Initiative
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced a comprehensive set of investments to address challenges facing America’s agricultural producers. These include assistance to address challenges and costs associated with drought, animal…
Read More...Why Defining Agricultural Terms is Critical
How do you define and measure regenerative agriculture practices? One organization suggests taking an outcome-based approach.
Read More...From Western Slope to Eastern Plains, Colorado agriculture under pressure to adapt to warming world
Paul Bruchez, a fifth generation farmer and rancher, acknowledges the fight farmers and ranchers are in could determine not just the future of his family’s ranch, but the future of…
Read More...CO2 release test can help assess soil health
American scientists have found that measuring the amount of carbon dioxide that is released after wetting a sample of dry soil and letting it sit for one day is a…
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