NIFA

The USDA’s NIFA recently announced more than $14 million in workforce training grants. Awarded was $9.4 million in funding for 19 Agricultural Workforce Training grants, and 12 awards totaling $4.8 million for rural economic development projects. The ...

On Tuesday, the USDA announced $11.5 million for research to ensure small and medium-sized farms become more profitable. Announced on National Ag Day, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the funding "will give these family farms the tools they need to be more sustainable, profitable and productive as they face agricultural and economic challenges ...

Women are essential to Idaho farms and ranches, and a new University of Idaho online survey explores opportunities and challenges they face. The “Women Farmers and Ranchers on the Rise in Idaho” project is open to women involved in agriculture across the state. U of I of ...

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture investing more than $10.5 million to support educators across the country. Funds are going to technical schools, community and junior colleges, and youth development programs, including the Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program. NIFA is g ...

The USDA recently rolled out three initiatives designed to assist the livestock industry and improve marketing in the wake of a summer market disruptions reported over the past couple of years. "We're moving forward with some things that we identified USDA could be engaged in and congress has moved forward with several proposals being introduced but also response to the report," noted ma

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, better known as NIFA, is looking at four areas in a new program to research the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture. "These will be health, well-being of farm and food service providers as all rural Americans," said J. Scot ...

The USDA will hold a virtual job fair for positions at the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in Kansas City. USDA is partnering with the University of Missouri to host a joint Virtual Career Expo on April 28, building on an event last year that attracted more than 400 attendees ...

Growers that try to farm, but face daily challenges because of some sort of disability now have resources to assist.  The USDA calls the program, AgrAbility.   "The program does provide a lot of services, and its a range of things that take place in the agricultural setting that they would need some help with how they're going to do that and accomplish those tasks," said  Brand Rine of t

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that the USDA officially signed a lease on office space in Kansas City. The Hagstrom Report says it’s now the new place of work for most of the employees of the USDA’s Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.  It’s at 8...

It may not be just a few USDA offices moving out of D.C., if a pair of senators have their wish.  Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation last week to move the Department of Agriculture to Missouri.  Joined by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republicans seek to move the headquarters of USDA to Missouri and the Department of Education to Tennessee.  However...