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July 4: Kansas State University Research and Extension is doing a Local Food Summit on July 29-30 in Salina, Kansas. It’s open to anyone interested in bolstering local food systems. You can learn more here. The cost is slightly lower if you register before July 18. July 3: U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action did a recent webinar on The Challenges and Opportunities in Animal Protein Production, the third in a series on how agriculture can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. You can watch a recording here. July 1-2: The National Childrens Center for Rural Agricultural Health and Safety this summer will publish an updated version of Safeguarding Children in Agriculture: A National Plan. I talked with center director Andrea Swenson about the plan, which was created originally in 1996 and last revised in 2012. (Watch for an update to access the new plan here.) June 30: The threat of the deadly livestock pest, New World Screwworm, coming up from Mexico has officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture on high alert. The USDA’s radio news service provided two reports, one with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and another with Rollins and two cattle industry representatives. June 27: Beth Singer, Director of IT Compliance at CHS, was a guest on a recent AgriSafe Network podcast offering advice on Keeping Your Farm Parents Active and Happy. June 26: South Dakota State University is honoring the work of Edgar McFadden, a South Dakota farm boy who attended the college and later became a notable wheat breeder. I interviewed a current wheat breeder at SDSU, Sunish Seghal, who talked about McFadden’s legacy. June 24-25: Another in a series of webinars under the heading Potential for U.S. Agriculture to Be Greenhouse Gas Negative, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action covered the topic Challenges and Opportunities in Soil Carbon Sequestration. Featured presenters were Elizabeth Ellis (Colorado State Univ.), Alyssa Cho (Bayer Crop Science), and Terry Quam (Cattlemen’s Beef Board). You can view a recording here. June 23: Pivot Bio and Taranis are partnering on a project to expand access to federal conservation practices funding for corn growers. June 20: Kim Lewers, a research geneticist at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, talks about the advancement of strawberry production and supply chain improvements over the last century. June 19: A recent episode of the Food Talk podcast (from the nonprofit Food Tank) included an interview with Shawna Nelson, the new CEO at Organic Valley. June 18: Mike Popp, a farm management professor at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture was interviewed by Farm to Fork about the use of agricultural land for solar power installations. Popp co-authored a report on the subject.

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