The Food and Agriculture – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) announced the launch of a new University Partnership Program to drive improved collaboration between the industry and leading universities on a range of security issues impacting America’s food and agriculture sector. The partnership program has launched with four founding collaborators: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, the University of Nebraska, Purdue University and PARI, and Virginia Tech.
The Plant Based Products Council (PBPC) just concluded its second annual conference, PBPC2024: Circular Solutions, in Omaha, Nebraska, where industry leaders explored the latest innovations, business models, and policies shaping the lifecycle of plant-based products and advancing a circular economy. Keynote speakers included Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business Cooperative Service.
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented on the Environmental Protection Agency’s final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, which sets maximum contaminant levels at 4 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS and 10 parts per trillion for PFNA, PFHxS and HFPO-DA.
Fifteen farm and ranch women leaders graduated from the spring session of Women’s Communications Boot Camp hosted by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Join the Livestock Publications Council for the April Coffee and Collaboration on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 10 a.m. CT! This session is titled “The Greatest Stories We Ever Told” with Wyatt Bechtel, Broadhead; Megan Silveira, Angus Media; and Kylene Scott, High Plains Journal. This free monthly webinar is moderated by Jennifer Shike and Angie Stump Denton. No registration necessary. It’s open to members and non-members.
Nutrien Ag Solutions recently announced a multi-year commitment of nearly $850,000 to the National FFA Organization (FFA) in support of its commitment to shape future agriculture leaders. The yearly donation of $282,500 supports a variety of National FFA Organization programs and events during the three years (from 2024 to 2026), including supporting FFA members in competitive events, assisting FFA advisors in their professional development, as well as providing National FFA Officers with a $10,000 scholarship at the end of their year of service. In addition, the donations will also support alumni chapter grants.
Registration is now open for the Agri-Pulse West Food & Ag Issues Summit on June 4 in Sacramento. Experience a day full of illuminating speeches and panel discussions, an immersion into California agriculture and food issues. Click here for more information and registration.
Amid concerning reports that potatoes could be reclassified as grains in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Congressman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) are leading a bipartisan effort to express opposition to efforts to declassify potatoes as vegetables. In a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Pingree, Simpson, and 27 Members of Congress voiced their strong opposition to any reclassification of potatoes, which they say would “call the scientific credibility of the entire process into question.”
Yanmar America Corporation has announced its continued sponsorship of the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team. Official Partner of the Atlanta Braves Grounds Crew, Yanmar supported the Braves as they met the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 5th, for their Home Opening Day at Truist Park, Atlanta, GA.
