Join us on Wednesday, November 5th from 10-11 a.m. MST for the CONVERSATION on NAAAN CONNECT with the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities(APLU). The association represents more than 250 universities and affiliated organizations across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. This CONVERSATION will focus on the cross-border efforts of APLU and invite a discussion around new opportunities for collaboration in agricultural extension and rural advisory services for strengthened food security.
Featured speakers include Waded Cruzado, President of APLU, and Doug Steele, Vice President of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources at APLU.
NASS to release key reports despite shutdown
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release key data
in November for the following reports:
- Milk
Production – November 10, 2025 (previously scheduled for October 22, 2025)
- Crop
Production – November 14, 2025 (previously scheduled for November 10,
2025)
- Cattle
on Feed – November 21, 2025 (as previously scheduled)
- Milk
Production – November 21, 2025 (as previously scheduled)
- The World Agricultural Outlook Board will release the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) in conjunction with the Crop Production release on November 14th.
Keystone Policy Center RFP – Due November 15
Keystone Policy Center has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) on enhancing agricultural technical assistance
(TA) to achieve conservation outcomes and efficiencies. The RFP deadline is
November 15, and the anticipated award size is $30,000. The group is looking
for a research team to identify the appropriate tools, new technologies, as
well as potential opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to
enhance TA delivery. The selected research team will:
- Identify key technology and data challenges that impact TA delivery
- Conduct a landscape analysis of AI applications relevant to conservation TA
- Conduct a landscape analysis of technology and data applications that can streamline delivery
- Engage with Keystone’s working group to refine research questions and share interim findings
- Develop a draft white paper that includes the following: streamlining technical aspects of TA delivery, data access and compatibility, information access for producers, AI tools for producer use, risks/tradeoffs, and potential pilots
