School garden teaches students how to grow, harvest and sell crops
As Halloween approaches, many people are out looking to buy pumpkins. Now, students at Lane Public School are making that a little easier for their Oklahoma community this year.
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Judge visits with WC supporters
The former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and former Lt. Governor during Chet Culver's administration, is facing longtime Iowa Republican Senator Charles Grassley.
Workforce event highlights PSU initiative
PlantVillage, an online crop-disease knowledge library and image database co-founded by a Penn State researcher, was represented at an event unveiling a new agricultural workforce development initiative Oct. 6 in Washington, D.C. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the White House Rural Council - in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, other federal agencies and private-sector stakeholders - announced America the Bountiful, which will include wide-ranging efforts to expand and diversify the U.S. agriculture workforce. David Hughes, assistant professor of entomology and biology, was an invited guest at the event, which was held at USDA headquarters.
Getting the answers
Every four years, the American Farm Bureau Federation asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address the issues that concern farmers and ranchers the most. The AFBF asked Democratic nominees Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump the same questions.
Column: Corn rallies despite record harvest
Corn prices topped $3.58 per bushel on Friday morning, the highest price in almost three months, even as a record crop is coming in out of the field.
Killer flesh-eating screwworm found in Florida
In this February 2013 file photo, a Key deer forages for food in the National Key Deer Refuge in the Florida Keys. The New World screwworm , which can kill livestock within two weeks, was found on animals in Big Pine Key and No Name Key in Florida earlier this month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Canada needs to be a louder cheerleader for international trade deals
Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders pose for a family photo prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Manila on November 18, 2015. Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders pose for a family photo prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Manila on November 18, 2015.
Grain futures tumble, despite US stocks figures falling short of forecasts
Bumper US corn, soybean and wheat harvests will lift stocks by less than investors had expected, thanks to success in finding extra import buyers, according to official data - although prices tumbled nonetheless. The US Department of Agriculture, in its flagship monthly Wasde crop supply and demand report, pegged domestic soybean stocks at the close of 2016-17 at 395m bushels - a doubling over the course of the season but a figure smaller nonetheless than investors had expected.
AM markets: grains revive, amid ‘surprise’ at data aftermath
Another of those Chicago traders' adages, of which Agrimoney.com has already produced a few this week, holds that a crop, typically of corn or soybeans , viewed as likely to come in large will only increase in size as the season continues. But that isn't the case for this year's US corn crop, which the US Department of Agriculture downgraded on Wednesday by 36m bushels to 15.09bn bushels - albeit that is wasn't a huge downgrade, and the output figure is still high enough to rate as a record high.
USDA To Buy Another $20M Worth Of Cheese Amid Market Slump
The federal Agriculture Department this week announced its intent to purchase $20 million in cheddar cheese products as part of efforts to help dairy farmers weather a sluggish dairy market. The move would be the second $20 million purchase in many months as the U.S. dairy sector faces slower demand, increased inventories and low global prices.
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After nearly three years of loyal service and representing the pride and passion of Louisiana Tech University's campus and alumni communities, Tech XXI is retiring from active service. Tech XXI retires from active service as live mascot RUSTON - After nearly three years of loyal service and representing the pride and passion of Louisiana Tech University's campus and alumni communities, Tech XXI is retiring from active service.
Consumer Demand, Government Support Boost Biobased Products Industry
The biobased products industry contributes hundreds of billions of dollars to the US economy while reducing millions of metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a US Department of Agriculture report . The report says that in 2014, the biobased products industry contributed $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs - indicating that the sector grew from 2013 to 2014 , producing an additional $24 billion over the previous year.
Cotton Futures Trading Higher
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supply and demand report is scheduled for release Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Believe it or not, the bees are doing just fine
You've probably heard the bad news, by now, that bees were recently added to the endangered species list for the first time. But if you're part of the 60 percent of people who share stories without actually reading them , you might have missed an important detail: namely, that the newly-endangered bees are a handful of relatively obscure species who live only in Hawaii.
Egg group inappropriately targeted vegan spread, USDA says – Fri, 07 Oct 2016 PST
Hampton Creek Foods CEO Josh Tetrick holds a species of yellow pea used to make Just Mayo, a plant-based mayonnaise, in San Francisco on Dec. 3, 2013. On Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that an egg industry group's discussions about thwarting the sale of an eggless vegan spread were inappropriate.
Flesh-Eating Worms Have Returned to Florida
The adults lay eggs in open wounds, and the hatched larvae burrow, corkscrew-like, through flesh. Screwworms ate their way into livestock, dogs, deer, and even humans in the U.S. until they were wiped out in 1982, in one of the most successful national eradication campaigns ever.
Bacon products recalled due to Listeria concerns
Daily's Premium Meats, LLC, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 170 pounds of ready-to-eat bacon products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes , the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. 17 CASES of 2-5 lbs.
Alfred Almanza awarded Richard E. Lyng Award for Public Service
The North American Meat Institute presented Alfred Almanza, deputy under secretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture , with the prestigious Richard E. Lyng Award in recognition of his support for and commitment to the U.S. meat and poultry industry.
Monsanto just received first ‘CRISPR’ license to modify crops
Monsanto has officially entered the "GMO 2.0" business, with the signing of the licensing agreement to use the technology known as CRISPR-Cas9. Due to a recent ruling by the US Department of Agriculture , the technology will allow Monsanto to create a new generation of GMO foods that are legally permitted to be labeled as "non-GMO."
Fire truck grant sought
By JIM MAURER STAFF WRITER CAREY - An Assistance for Firefighters grant, which is offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be sought by Carey to assist with the purchase of a new aerial pumper truck.