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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

Ag workers’s exemption from travel restrictions from South Africa sought

The American Farm Bureau Federation — along with more than 60 other agriculture groups – sent a letter Dec. 13 to the Biden administration requesting agricultural workers be exempted from travel restrictions from South Africa. Late last month,... more

New Jersey assistant secretary of agriculture is Joe Atchison III

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher announced Dec. 14 the appointment of Joe Atchison III of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Atchison has been the director of the Division of Marketing and Developmen... more