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USDA Invests in Dairy Industry

Dan October 7, 2024 Agri-Business, Cattle, Dairy, Economy, Funding

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $11.04 million in funding to support dairy businesses and producers under the Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives (DBI) grant program, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The initiatives support small and mid-sized dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy …

H-2A Wage Rate Methodology Concerns Ag Groups
Eleven agricultural organizations wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to express concerns about the way the H-2A temporary worker program’s adverse effective wage rate (AEWR) is determined. The organizations stated that the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) use of the Farm Labor Survey (FLS) to establish the AEWR “is inconsistent with […]
Research Center to Combat Brazilian Citrus Diseases
The Applied Research Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Citrus Farming was inaugurated Dec. 12 in a ceremony at the Palácio dos Bandeirantes, seat of Brazil’s São Paulo state government. Its purpose is to combat the main citrus diseases, such as citrus variegated chlorosis, sudden citrus death and above all, citrus greening. The São Paulo […]

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