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2021 award winners announced by Virginia Small Farm Outreach Program

The Virginia Cooperative Extension Small Farm Outreach Program (SFOP) at Virginia State University concluded the annual Small Farm Outreach Conference at the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center in Roanoke, Virginia, on Nov. 20 by announcing the winners o... more


Effective Dec. 29, 2022 Adverse Effect Wage Rates now official

The Department of Labor (DOL) published Dec. 15 its 2022 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR), which are the minimum an employer must pay H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and has proposed some changes to how those rates are set for certain jobs T... more


Focus on agricultural robotics seen at World FIRA

A successful sixth edition of the World FIRA was held Dec. 7-9 with over 1,500 participants from over 50 countries  gathered around agricultural robotics in Toulouse (south of France) and online to discover some thirty autonomous machines. The ev... more


Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program webinar set

The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will hold an informational webinar for organizations interested in learning more about the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, beginning at 2... more


Agricultural producers subject of USDA study

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting the 2021 Farm Producer Study to improve knowledge and understanding of agricultural producers and help USDA improve services to them. A brief questionnaire will mail this mon... more


EPA’s herbicide registration revisions target of bipartisan letter

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., led a bipartisan effort Dec. 9 calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to delay potential herbicide registration revisions – such as dicamba registrations – that "could exacerbate existing herbicide sho... more


Support for petitions for citizenship comes from California Farm Bureau

California's largest membership agricultural organization is partnering with immigration advocates to support U.S. citizenship applications from farm employees who may be eligible for naturalization. California accounts for one in every three farm... more


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