ASA, FarmLink To Launch ‘Operation Benchmark’

The new five-year Farm Bill eliminates many of the direct payments previously payed to growers and could benefit from USDA clarification, reports a Toledo Blade columnist.

A new study has found the drought has cost the state $2.2 billion, primarily in lost farm revenue and wages.

Farmers hit hardest by California’s drought could begin to see wells run dry next year, according to a new study by
The Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis.

The bill provides $28 billion over the next five years for conservation on private lands while streamlining several old programs and creating new ones like the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

As scientists prepare for the coming season of potential algae blooms on Lake Erie, nutrient service providers have been signing up for the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification program at a steady pace.

First responders, farmers and grain elevator employees can receive training that could help save a life should someone become trapped in a grain storage structure.

NRCS announces the commitment of $50 million in resources for the 25 million-acre Red River watershed in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

USDA has processed 106,000 payments to farmers in 40 states across the country who suffered livestock and grazing losses between Oct. 2011 and passage of the 2014 Farm Bill.

More than $2 million is earmarked for projects to conduct research and provide demonstrations on the impacts of 4R nutrient stewardship.

Retailers too often lose employees to companies outside of agriculture, while recruiting efforts are most often limited to competitors and other ag-focused organizations.

The inaugural Purdue University/CropLife magazine Compensation Survey provides insight into what retail organizations are doing with salary and benefits to keep key managers and application professionals satisfied and in the fold.

EPA official Nancy Stoner published a blog post seeking to clarify the requirements for agriculture under EPA’s proposed “Waters of the U.S.” rule.

A new Stewardship Special Edition throws a light on how agricultural retailers and distributors in the U.S. and worldwide are demonstrating their commitment to the environment, safety and security, and facility best management practices.

Producers with expiring USDA Conservation Stewardship Program contracts until September 12, 2014 to renew and add conservation activities.

ProPartners Financial (PPF) has announced Tom Levasseur has agreed to become its next President.

Delta F.A.R.M. will establish at least five Operation Pollinator plots throughout Northwest Mississippi, with plans to grow the program annually through 2016.

A Kansas State University senior agricultural economist says there’s a 70% chance an El Niño will arrive this fall — and that’s good news for the U.S.

Ohio farmers will need certification to apply fertilizer to fields following a law signed earlier this month by Governor John Kasich.