The U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency recently announced the award of $2.2 million in risk management education grants for America’s farmers, including historically under-served and small-scale producers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture s Shefali Mehta, Ph.D., deputy undersecretary for research, education and economics, recently visited the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff s School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences.
Socially disadvantaged farmers in Arkansas benefit from a decades-old partnership between the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), said Charley Williams, a UAPB alumnus and veteran NRCS soil conservationist.
Never say never again: Five months after Showtime canceled filmed-in-Pittsburgh “American Rust,” the Western Pennsylvania-set drama has been revived. Amazon Freevee, formerly IMDb TV and also home to the upcoming filmed-in-Pittsburgh comedy “Sprung,” ordered a second season of “American Rust” starring Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney. It will again film
The National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts an annual survey to collect data on crop acreage, land use, grain stocks, farms, rents and the value of land and sales. The 2008 farm bill mandated that NASS provide mean rental rates for all counties with 20,000 acres of cropland plus pasture.