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The Value of Tribal Agricultural Traditions: A Youth Perspective

June 25, 2019 Sally Gifford, USDA Office of Communications

Food sovereignty – the ability to create a self-sufficient food system – is at the heart of the opportunities and challenges facing the Navajo Nation. This spring, Diné College students Tyler Begay, Korrie Johnnie, and Orean Roy were recognized for their exploration of this topic during the American...

Conservation Farming

New USDA Program, Other Assistance, About to Kick in for America’s Dairy Industry

June 20, 2019 Richard Fordyce, Farm Service Agency

Each June, we celebrate National Dairy Month! Since 1937, this month has been set aside to mark the importance of the dairy industry and the products it produces to America’s agricultural sector and to hundreds of millions of Americans and consumers around the world.

Farming

Nation’s Wettest 12-Month Period on Record Slows Down 2019 Planting Season

June 14, 2019 USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey

The contiguous United States recently completed its wettest May to April period on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA/NCEI). From May 2018 to April 2019, an average of 36.20 inches of precipitation fell...

Climate Farming