At a time when farmers rely more and more on good information, officials at the USDA worry that budget cuts are going to make their job of providing information to those farmers more difficult. “We were being stressed right now in an environment not conducive to public information,” said Joe Prusacki, Director, Statistics Division, at the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics …
Data Collection Focus of Farm Foundation Webinar
Having good information is critical to agricultural operations, but increasing budget concerns are limiting the U.S. government’s ability to provide the information farmers want and need. Our friends at the Farm Foundation recently held a webinar organized by the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE), in partnership with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), and …
Farm Foundation Free Webinar on Data Collection
Knowledge is power, and having good data to have good knowledge (and thus, good power) is key to having an efficient operation, no matter if it’s farming or any other business. That’s why our friends at Farm Foundation will be holding a free one-hour webinar this Friday at 2 p.m. EDT on how the ag industry needs to respond to …
Farm Foundation to Host Long-Term Drought Forum
With half the country under abnormally dry condition, our friends at Farm Foundation have scheduled another one of their free forums… this time on how long-term drought conditions impact regional and national agricultural production and food systems. The forum will be held on June 27th, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club, 529 14th …
Farm Foundation Dialogue Project
Farm Foundation has launched a new initiative for stakeholders to discuss issues related to food and agriculture. According to Farm Foundation, “A Dialogue on Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century” will involve multiple activities designed to promote discussions across the food and agriculture value chain—from producers to consumers. Foundation president Neil Conklin says the project will use such tools …
Farm Foundation Reports on What’s Driving Food Prices
The agricultural policy organization Farm Foundation, NFP released a new report today on What’s Driving Food Prices for 2011. Foundation president Neil Conklin says the report is a follow up to similar studies they commissioned when prices were up in 2008 and 2009. “The purpose of the report this time is to provide both policy makers in the public sector …
Farm Foundation Forum Tackles Obesity, Food & Policy Issue
Our friends at Farm Foundation are offering another one of their free conversations on agricultural policy in this country … this time tackling the issue of the connection between obesity, food and the nation’s agricultural policy on Tuesday, November 9 from 9-11 am at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. : What’s the Connection? Presenters will be: * Jon …
Farm Foundation Looks at Farm Bill’s Budget Implications
Some of the best minds in agriculture will get together to discuss and debate the budget implications for the next Farm Bill, Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the next Farm Foundation Forum at the National Press Club in Washington, DC: Presenters will include: Craig Jagger, chief economist of the House Agriculture Committee; Patrick Westhoff of the Food and Agriculture Policy Research …
Farm Foundation Event to Highlight Local Control of Zoonoses
Some researchers believe local prevention could be the key to controlling zoonoses, infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans or humans to animals. That’s why the Farm Foundation has organized a Sept. 23-24 symposium, titled “Zoonoses: Understanding the Animal Agriculture and Human Health Connection” at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. Creating community environments in which zoonoses …
Farm Foundation Spotlights Zoonoses
I have to admit, I have never heard the word “zoonoses” until today. Up until now, I would have thought that “zoonoses” were the prominent part on the faces of animals that are primarily used for smelling. But, no – actually, the definition of zoonoses would be those infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans or visa …