USDA Reorganization Concerns and New GPS Technology
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden responded recently to concerns from the Senate Ag Committee on its reorganization plans.
California Democrat Adam Schiff asked why a USDA hub was not placed in California, the No. 1 agriculture-producing state.
Vaden said the proposed hub in Utah is closer to California than Washington, D.C., and hub locations were chosen to lower the cost of living for federal employees.
Stakeholders have until August 26 to weigh in.
##The Georgia Department of Agriculture has received a spike in reports of unlicensed individuals going door-to-door to solicit pest control services.
www.morningagclips.com reports under Georgia law, anyone soliciting or performing pest control services must possess a valid Certified Operator’s License or Registered Employee License issued by the GDA.
Violations may result in fines of up to $10,000.
The GDA strongly advises consumers to only hire licensed pest control companies.
www.morningagclips.com/gda-issues-warning-about-unlicensed-door-to-door-pest-control-sales/
**FreshMiners Company launched a GPS service that enables accurate positioning for agriculture, construction, and drone navigation.
The Dutch Company launched a service for extra-accurate GPS, intended for drone pilots, farmers, and others.
With the new technology, users can correct their GPS positions down to the centimeter.
Real-time correction signals are sent to the user’s GPS via a global network of base stations, essential for applications in agriculture, land surveying, and drone navigation.
**Recent improvements in cattle reproductive technology gives dairy farmers access to a lucrative market.
More dairies are transferring beef cattle embryos to dairy cow surrogates, earning money amid soaring demand for the calves.
During the past decade, breeding a portion of dairy herds with beef genetics has become common, as dairies earn a higher price for crossbred calves.
Invitro fertilization has enabled dairies to sell purebred calves into the beef supply chain.
