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New safety-training website created for agriculture
Farm and other agribusiness operations looking for convenient, cost-effective ways to improve workplace safety and meet compliance requirements under ... READ MORE »
NCPA launches new website
The North Carolina Potato Association (NCPA) has launched its redesigned website, NCPotatoes.org.The website provides information about North Carolina... READ MORE »
USDA announces additional 800,000 acres in CRP
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that an additional 800,000 acres of environmentally sensitive land may be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Pr... READ MORE »
USDA announces funding for food safety training, outreach, assistance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $2.3 million for the estab... READ MORE »
How to prevent traffic collisions involving farm equipment
According to the Michigan State Police, between 150 and 212 traffic collisions involving farm equipment have occurred in the state each year since 200... READ MORE »
UW Extension fears job loss after proposed budget cuts
Proposed budget cuts have University of Wisconsin (UW) Extension educators worried about their future.Here's more from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based ... READ MORE »
Idaho growers receive RMP award
Shawn Walters and his brother Jeff Walters, co-owners of Walters Farm and Produce, received the 2015 wattsmart Business Partner of the Year in Idaho a... READ MORE »
Syngenta 2015 agricultural scholarship open for applications
The second annual Syngenta agricultural scholarship program is open for applications from undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in agri... READ MORE »
IOM recommends white potatoes in WIC program
The National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that the USDA allow white potatoes be an eligible vegetable in the USDA's Sp... READ MORE »
PEI seed shipments to U.S. halted
Following the discovery of potato wart on Prince Edward Island (PEI) in August the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified the USDA's Animal a... READ MORE »
