National FFA Organization Membership Sets Record of 629,367 Students

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From the National FFA Organization: INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Sept. 28, 2015/National FFA Organization) – With global needs to fight hunger and prepare for the expected population growth, the industry of agriculture needs educated, skilled and passionate people dedicated to sustainability. The National FFA Organization is answering this need, as the record growth of the organization demonstrates. Today, FFA membership stands at …

House Reauthorizes Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting

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From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association: WASHINGTON (Sept. 29, 2015) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association applauds the House in reauthorizing Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting through 2020. NCBA President, Philip Ellis, a Wyoming cattle producer, said this action will ensure cattle producers have access to critical market information. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …

House Passes H.R. 2051, the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015

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From the House Committee on Agriculture: Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2051, a bill to reauthorize the Mandatory Price Reporting Act, the United States Grain Standards Act, and the National Forest Foundation Act. Legislative language to reauthorize each of these was introduced, reported by the House Agriculture Committee, …

EPA Updates Standards to Increase Safety and Protect the Health of America’s Farmworkers

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From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today increased protections for the nation’s two million agricultural workers and their families. Each year, thousands of potentially preventable pesticide exposure incidents are reported that lead to sick days, lost wages and medical bills but with changes to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard the risk of …

USDA Video: USDA Week In Review September 25

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A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: Tall wood buildings in the Big Apple, reducing food waste, protecting the sage grouse, safe and healthy food cooking, and National Hispanic Heritage Month. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.aphis.usda.gov www.dm.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …

Animal Rights, Environmental Groups Back Effort to Halt Bear Hunt

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From The News Service of Florida: Eleven Florida and national animal-protection and environmental groups jointly filed a “friend of the court” brief Friday that sides with a Seminole County organization seeking to block the state’s upcoming bear-hunting season. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Research Funding for University of Florida/IFAS Hits All-Time High

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From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Research funding for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences hit an all-time high in Fiscal Year 2015, at almost $125.82 million, according to figures released this month by the UF Office of Research. The UF/IFAS total, representing funds from grant awards, contracted research, donations and other sources, exceeds …

Florida Cabinet Asked to Wrangle Two Ranches for Conservation

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FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 25, 2015………. Gov. Rick Scott and members of the Florida Cabinet will be asked Tuesday to spend more than $7.8 million to conserve land that will remain active for ranching in Central and Southwest Florida. The state has targeted a deal for 1,286 acres of a 1,372-acre …

Florida Man Arrested for Illegally Obtaining More Than 4 Million Pounds of Citrus

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From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services arrested a Polk County man for illegally obtaining more than four million pounds of citrus worth more than $540,000 from five victims. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata …

Three Finalists Compete for Florida Farm Bureau Leadership and Service Honor

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From Florida Farm Bureau: Gainesville, Fla. – Three finalists will compete for the 2015 Florida Farm Bureau (FFBF) Young Farmers and Ranchers’ Excellence in Agriculture Award this October. Lindsey Bowen of Hendry/Glades County, Christian Spinosa of Polk County and Kevin Wright of Suwannee County will compete for the top statewide honor on Oct. 28 at Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …