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In early July, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) simplified access to historic data by putting 77 years’ worth of agricultural statistics online. In the past, this information, published in the annual bulletin Agricultural Statistics, was available in print form only.
W-L Research (W-L) recently celebrated its 55th anniversary and the opening of the new Forage Genetics International (FGI) research facility in Davis, California.
A corn shortage in Iowa is causing the state to seek crops from other states.
Flooding delayed spring planting and last year’s drought knocked down corn yields, according to Ross Korves, economic policy analyst of Michigan-based ProExporter Network, as quoted in an article by Perry Beeman in the Des Moines Register. Korves spoke to an audience attending the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s Economic Summit at Iowa State University.
Workplace and worker safety was the focus of the 2013 Michigan Safety Conference held in Grand Rapids. Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (MIFACE) were involved in organizing an “Agriculture Section” for the conference.
Farmer Terry L. Button of Rushville, New York, director of the National Hay Association (NHA), has received a U.S. Congregational appointment as director of the National Freight Advisory Committee (NFAC), a group that provides advice and recommendations on matters related to freight transportation in the U.S.
A dangerous fungus is showing up in some Midwest pastures, according to the University of Missouri Extension as reported in a post by Paul Ebeling on Heffx. It so far this year has proved fatal to several animals.
Protecting farmers’ and ranchers’ right to privacy is a top priority, said the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), which took legal action recently to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from publicly releasing personal information about thousands of farmers and ranchers and their families.
EPA is expected to respond to several Freedom of Information Act requests, prompting AFBF to file a lawsuit and seek a temporary restraining order before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
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