WSU partners with Washington State Broadband to bridge the digital divide in rural areas, providing education and training opportunities with grant funding.
California’s walnut crop is forecasted at 720,000 tons, down by 1% from last year. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA is awarding loans and grants to help provide high-speed internet for rural areas.
USDA’s Rural Development Undersecretary Xochitl (So-CHEEL) Torres Small says they are extending the application deadline for the ReConnect Program funding to March 9.
**The USDA says export sales of wheat and soybeans rose while corn sales declined during the week ending February 3.
Wheat sales totaled 84,800 metric tons, up 48% from a week earlier, but still down 75% from the four-week average.
Soybean sales rose 46% to 1...
The USDA announced updates to crop insurance, in response to the needs of farmers, including organic producers, AND to support conservation of natural resources on ag land.