…resilience. Recommendations from the report include removing costly practices that purportedly favor large-scale farms, reducing payment limits to increase farmer access, and integrating additional funding sources beyond 2031. The report…
EPA Announces Herbicide Strategy Revisions
…growers by expanding the range of mitigation measures, especially for specialty crops. This includes introducing practices such as erosion barriers and soil carbon amendments. The agency is also considering reducing…
Almond Update: Environmental Stewardship Story of Almonds Continues to Get Better
…tons of carbon every year, which is a huge number.” Almond trees capture and store carbon dioxide in their wood and roots which accumulates as they grow, ultimately reducing emissions…
NMPF, IDFA Concerned with Final WIC Rule Reducing Access to Dairy
…product package sizes. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here. NMPF, IDFA Concerned with Final WIC Rule Reducing Access to Dairy Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet…
Week in Review: California Snowpack Finally Hits the Average & New Office of Ag at EPA
…its trade agenda by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers for American agricultural exports. Transitioning towards sustainable groundwater usage is becoming more accessible for farmers and Groundwater Sustainability Agencies through involvement…
Ag Trade Caucus Urges Reduction of Trade Barriers Holding Back Producers
The recently launched bipartisan Congressional Agricultural Trade Caucus is leading an effort to urge the Biden Administration to prioritize agriculture in its trade agenda by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers…
USDA Investing in Western Wildfire Reduction
USDA is investing more money into reducing wildfire risks in California and other Western states. Gary Crawford has more in This Land of Ours. The USDA is investing another half…
USDA Helping Small Farms
…purpose. Reducing fertilizer costs with investing in in new fertilizer capacity in the U.S. So, there’s a broad array of strategies.” Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program…
Week in Review: Snowpack Still Below Average & Conservation Stewardship Opportunities Now Available
…Farm employers are reducing the hours of overtime worked by their employees due to hourly limitations established by AB 1066. The California Water Commission has approved a white paper focusing…
Vilsack on Food as Medicine
…can be a better consumer, if you will, reducing the risk of chronic disease, we can also, I think, free up resources that can then go into building a healthier…
Water and Disease Management During Almond Bloom: Insights from BASF
…leaf blight. These diseases attack the flowers, potentially reducing the yield as flowers develop into harvestable nuts. Highlighting the significance of an integrated pest management (IPM) approach, Samler states, “An…
Wage Declines from AB 1066 an ‘Ironclad Rule of Economics’
Farm employers are reducing the hours of overtime worked by their employees due to hourly limitations established by AB 1066. Bryan Little, Director of Employment Policy with the California Farm…
Proposed Amendments to California Raisins Marketing Order
…Committee offices in Fresno, the hearing aims to address recommended amendments by the Raisin Administrative Committee (Committee) to Federal Marketing Order No. 989. The proposed changes include reducing Committee membership,…
Almond Update: Global Opportunities for the Almond Industry
…Significant resources have been committed to expanding export opportunities for specialty crops. McKalip highlighted the progress made in reducing tariffs in India, which should benefit the almond industry. The administration…