Pest Management Alternatives Program Grants Due March 3, 2011
Special Research Grants Program: Pest Management Alternatives Program The purpose of Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP) is to provide support for the development and [...]
Publications
USDA Invites State Participation in Market Improvement Program
AMS Press Release No. 240-10 (Sam Jones-Ellard (202) 720-8998, Samuel.jones@ams.usda.gov) The U.S. Department of Agriculture [is requesting] proposals for matching grant [...]
Insuring Diversified and Specialty Farms
From The Greenhorns: Is USDA’s AGR-LITE Insurance Program Right for You? This new program helps calculate value and promote insurance options for alternative producers [...]
2010 Vegetable Market Report from NASS
From NASS Reports: 2010 Fresh Market Vegetable Production Down 1 Percent from 2009… Vegetables 2010 Summary – [...]
Research: Other Pollinators Infected by Same Virus as Honey Bees
Bees One of Many Pollinators Infected by Virus Implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (From ScienceDaily) SUMMARY: Penn State researchers have found that native pollinators, [...]
Did the White House Pressure USDA to Deregulate Roundup Ready Alfalfa?
White House pressured Vilsack to approve GMO alfalfa, media reports suggest (by Tom Philpott – Grist) Excerpt: In The Wall Street Journal, Bill Tomson and Scott Kilman [...]
Five Useful Extension Publications from U of Maryland
Here are five extension publications from University of Maryland Extension that farmers and potential farmers might find useful. Check out more U of MD extension publications [...]
Conservation Practice Standards from USDA Revised
USDA Develops, Revises Conservation Practice Standards USDA has revised or developed several conservation practice standards, including nutrient management, and published [...]
USDA’s New Bio-Based Label Questioned
‘Bio-based’: organic’s sketchy new cousin (by Holly Richmond – Grist) EXCERPT: Thanks to the USDA and the 2002 farm bill, products made from at least a quarter [...]
Farm Succession Planning Resources
This post is a prelude to a new Succession Planning Page on Beginning Farmers. Succession planning is essential to the process of passing a farm on to the next generation [...]
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