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Wheat Industry Steps Up Engagement in U.S. Sustainable Agriculture

The stakes are high in this game for industry impact and environmental protection, and this creates challenges for producers. U.S. farmers are committed to continuous improvement, and that is why U.S. wheat industry organizations are actively engaged in relevant sustainability initiatives.

U.S. Official Says Time to Put Aside Differences to Feed the World’s Hungry

Phil Karsting, Administrator of the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenged the world’s leading agricultural producers to embrace innovation and make decisions based on science to feed the world’s hungry.

Farmers Stepping Up for Resource Management Plans

Just one year after Virginia’s Resource Management Plan (RMP) program was implemented, the plans are rolling in.

Soy-based AstroTurf Helps UCLA Score Big on Water Conservation

The University’s latest move is expected to conserve more than 6.5 million gallons of water annually.

July 2015 Marks Highest Monthly Global Temperature

In addition to setting a record for July, the first seven months of 2015 were the warmest ever, breaking the record set in 2010.

Meet Jennifer James: A Fourth Generation Rice Farmer

Buzzwords like “sustainability” and “conservation” may seem au courant to Madison Avenue marketers but for Jennifer James, a fourth generation rice farmer from Arkansas, these concepts are nothing new.

The Profit Potential of Certified Organic Crop Production

The USDA's Economic Research Service has published a new analysis of cost-of-production differences between conventional and organic crop production systems using data from targeted surveys of organic corn, wheat, and soybean production.

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the US: Measurement, Trends, and Drivers

Economic Research Report No. (ERR-189) 78 pp, July 2015 by Sun Ling Wang, Paul Heisey, David Schimmelpfennig, and Eldon Ball The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service has published a […]

Achieving Zero Hunger: Combining sustainability with social protection investments

Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection.

Sustainability: the impact of the Transatlantic trade agreement

The US and the countries of the EU have a long history of exchange of agricultural ideas, but a much less strong direct trade relationship. However, a free trade agreement between the EU and the US is now rising on the political agenda, and this has implications for agrifood policy and trading.

An Inside Look: USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015

The USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 really is a 'site' to be seen. From its 800 square meter vertical farm to its interactive boardwalk exhibition with state-of-the-art digital media, the USA Pavilion takes you on a journey through America's food culture.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture speaks at USSA seminar at Expo Milano 2015

Milan: July 3, 2015 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack joined members of the U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA) at the EXPO 2015 in a panel discussion on the benefits […]