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The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture sets its federal policy focus for 2025

NASDA

They include the farm bill , food systems , pesticide regulations , PFAS and state cooperative agreement funding. Pesticide Regulations NASDA will engage with EPA to ensure science-based standards and state input are incorporated in regulatory initiatives such as the Endangered Species Act Workplan. Press Release ARLINGTON, Va.

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Guest Post: Is the Future of Organic Food at Risk? Research Funding Holds the Answer

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Exploring Uncharted Knowledge Gaps Working with limited funding, OREI and ORG have enabled tremendous strides in advancing the science and practice of organic farming and ranching over the past two decades.

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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

used farm management software to consolidate their farm data from multiple years of running their cattle, pig, poultry, and sheep farm operation that was disorganized, not able to scale, and the land was suffering from overgrazing. To tackle the challenges of changing technology and emerging science, education is crucial.

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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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Is Recycled Plastic Safe for Food Use?

Civil Eats

Increasing recycled content in packaging may be good news for the planet, but researchers say the FDA has a lax approval process for plastic food packaging that hasn’t kept pace with the science on chemical hazards in plastics. Most is recycled mechanically, by sorting, washing, grinding, and re-compounding the material into pellets.

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NASDA’s Fiscal Year 2025 testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture

NASDA

In recent years, states have seen dramatic increases in the number of fully inspected slaughter establishments, many of which are subject to state meat and poultry inspection. million to provide ongoing technical expertise for various user groups throughout the pesticide regulatory process. Agriculture in the Classroom – $1 million i.

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Opinion: To Find the Future of Food, We Need to Look to the Past

Modern Farmer

In modern times, there’s a long tradition of techno-optimists or cornucopians–science writer Charles C. Edible insects are already being used to feed poultry and farmed fish, but they could also be included in the feed of cattle and pigs. Mann calls them “wizards”–telling us that technology will come to our rescue.

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