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| FFA and NAA work together to showcase auctioneering |
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – It is said that a good auctioneer can almost hypnotize bidders into spending money. The seemingly random words used by the auctioneer are well rehearsed and designed to lull bidders into opening their pocketbooks and splurging on the products presented before them. |
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| TSU gets $6 million grant to target fruit tree killing beetles |
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State University is leading the charge to find better ways of combating a beetle deadly to trees, including those producing nuts and fruit. |
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| University of Tennessee takes lead role in suicide prevention |
| KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – According to a 2015 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – five years before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world – rates of suicide in rural communities measured twice that of urban areas. Falling commodity prices, bad weather, trade wars along with debt loads are just a few of the problems that farmers are facing today. |
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| Iowa State economists study ag resilience under COVID-19 |
| AMES, Iowa – A group of Iowa State University (ISU) economists were awarded a two-year, $458,000 grant to study how COVID-19 has impacted the U.S. food supply chain, with the goal of finding short- and long-term solutions to increase resiliency against future disruptions. |
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| Drug abuse in rural communities worsened by COVID-19 circumstances |
| The North Central Regional Center for Rural Development hosted a webinar recently to address what rural health experts are calling a “perfect storm” of opioid dependence and related behavioral health problems encroaching on rural communities across the country in the wake of COVID-19. |
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| CSU gets three-year contract to study smokable hemp flower |
| WILBERFORCE, Ohio — Central State University (CSU) planted its first hemp seeds the same day they received their permit. They kept that motivation moving with their research, and their efforts paid off. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded them a $1.3 million hemp research contract. |
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| Legislation would open small, medium meat processing bottleneck |
| WASHINGTON D.C. – Federal legislation has been introduced to relieve major bottlenecks in the supply chain between small scale ranchers and consumers. The Strengthening Local Process Act would provide funding to expand capacity at small and mid-sized meat processing companies and build new similar sized plants. |
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| Dozens of field fires reported in Illinois due to wind and drought |
| BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — At least two dozen field fires were reported in Illinois last week fueled by a “perfect storm” of above-average temperatures, dry crop conditions and high winds as farmers attempted to harvest their crops. |
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Grants are helping Michigan Ag businesses stay afloat
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| LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has announced some 301 agriculture safety grants for small farms, large farms as well as processors. |
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| Women farmers growing in numbers, working to be heard |
| TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – When Laurie Elliott moved back to west central Indiana in 2014 to start an urban farm, she soon realized she would have to deal with questions and comments about being a woman in charge of a farm operation. |
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