Orchard Crop Diversification and Protecting American Dairy Industry
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The University of Florida Extension will be holding the Orchard Crop Diversification Field Day, on Wednesday, October 23rd at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education Center in Quincy.
www.morningagclips.com reports the free event is aimed at educating commercial farmers, home gardeners, landowners, and industry representatives about potential crop diversification options for North Florida orchards.
The field day aims to present attendees with the potential benefits, challenges, and current research associated with the crop options presented.
www.morningagclips.com/orchard-crop-diversification-field-day/
**A bipartisan group of Senators are calling on the administration to protect America’s dairy industry.
They want to ensure that plant-based imitation products are not equated in upcoming dietary guideline changes.
The officials are asking the Department of Health and Human
Services and USDA to carefully consider any changes to the upcoming Dietary Guidelines for Americans that could add plant-based imitation products into the dairy category despite their nutritional differences.
**Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s confident a clean fuels tax credit program set to take effect next year will be finalized by January.
Farm Policy News says an April guidance for the SAF tax credit disappointed ethanol producers by requiring a set of climate-friendly farming practices that meant little to no ethanol would qualify.
Vilsack is hoping to make more feedstocks and individual farming practices eligible for the credit.
