…Prohibition’s end, mandates that wine is sold through separate importers, distributors, and retailers. This setup restricts direct international sales, ensuring that most profits from imported wine benefit American companies. Unlike…
California Officials Enforcing EPA Order Banning Dacthal
…of the prohibition of the use of DCPA. CACASA had already been preparing farmers for this possibility, so the transition should go smoother. Dacthal is registered to control weeds in…
New Proposed California Anti-Ag Measure Could Have National Implications
…biggest animal ag industries in the county. The measure titled “Prohibition on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” is backed by an animal rights extremist group, which has already collected more than…
Injecting Carbon into National Forests and Grasslands
…use and occupancy” of its land by outsiders, a prohibition that would apply to carbon storage because the gas would remain underground for hundreds of years. The proposed regulation would…
Proposition 12 Moves Forward After SCOTUS Rejects Industry Challenge
…Commerce Clause, impeding interstate commerce. In a 5 to 4 ruling, SCOTUS has affirmed California’s prohibition on the sale of certain meat products not produced according to state requirements. Industry…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 11-16-21
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Brian German. Today’s show contains reports on the surprising pistachio production expectation, the secondary impacts of the prohibition…
The Western View: September is California Wine Month
…in 1919, Prohibition stopped it in its tracks. Prohibition ended in 1933, but the wine industry was slow to recover. After the Korean war, it began to expand and finally…
MORE Act Passes House, More Than a Symbolic Victory?
…Representatives – recognize the urgent need to end the federal government’s misguided cannabis prohibition, and begin to right the wrongs of the War on Drugs and its damage to communities…
Chlorpyrifos Alternatives Workgroup Roundtables a ‘Complete Travesty’
…workgroup as it attempts to develop a five-year plan to adapt the agricultural industry to the prohibition on chlorpyrifos products. The last roundtable is scheduled for Tuesday, January 21 in…
Report Shows Licensed Hemp Acreage More Than Quadrupled in 2019
…in 2019,” Vote Hemp President Eric Steenstra noted in a press release. “Now that we have lifted federal prohibition on hemp farming, it’s time build the infrastructure and expand hemp…
The Western View: September is California Wine Month
…booms during and after the Gold Rush, but the temperance movement, and a devastating vine disease slowed it down, then in 1919, Prohibition stopped it in its tracks. Prohibition ended…
Navigating the ‘Re-Hemption’ of North America
…hemp this year in California. We’re very optimistic in that we have a vertically integrating business.” Although hemp is not entirely new to the American market, the longstanding prohibition of…
Industry Response to Ruling on Year-Round Sale Of E15 Gasoline
…U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule allowing retailers to sell gasoline containing 15% ethanol (E15) year-round. Today’s action fulfills President Trump’s promise to eliminate the summertime prohibition on E15,…
Chlorpyrifos Ban in California Officially Underway
…process. The stricter permitting restrictions for chlorpyrifos, including the prohibition of aerial sprays and implanting quarter-mile buffer zones, will remain in place. Aggressive enforcement of those restrictions is being encouraged…