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Applications are now being accepted for a USDA cost share program assisting organic growers and livestock producers with their certification costs. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)
Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux explains the intent behind a program assisting growers and producers wishing to certify certain crops and livestock as organically produced.
The leader of this week's agricultural trade mission to Japan says she's optimistic that the mission, just concluded, will boost sales of U.S. products to Japan. (Gary Crawford and Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor)
This week's U.S. agricultural trade mission to Japan included talks on Japan's continued ban on U.S. fresh potatoes. (Gary Crawford and Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor)
Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor saying that this week's agricultural trade mission to Japan included talks on increasing Japan's use of U.S. ethanol, now that Japan's cap on U.S. ethanol imports has been removed.
With excessive dryness impacting crop conditions in parts of the Central and Southern Plains, some impacted winter wheat growers are choosing abandonment, but what is behind their thinking in doing so? (Rod Bain and Dave Green of the Wheat Quality Council)
The Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded funding for infrastructure repair and rebuild after extreme weather events through its Emergency Watershed Protection program. (Rod Bain and Astrid Martinez of USDA-NRCS)
The Foreign Agricultural Service is continuing activities for projects funded by the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Childhood Nutrition and Food for Progress Programs.