Water supplies dedicated to fish should be subject to the same efficiency standards as those affecting California farmers and homeowners, according to the California Farm Bureau Federation, which criticized a …
TPP Pork Producers’ No. 1 Priority During Fly-In
Getting a vote this year on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was the top issue on which pork producers from around the country lobbied their congressional lawmakers this week during …
American Agricultural Trade with Cuba
House Agriculture Committee Examines American Agricultural Trade with Cuba The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine the potential for expanded agricultural trade between the United States and Cuba. …
California Governor Signs Farm Worker Overtime Bill
California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that would raise the state’s farmworker wages for overtime. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the United Farm Workers supported the legislation, …
India Wants U.S. to Drop Penalties in WTO Dispute
India will ask the U.S. to drop its plans for $450 million in penalties for non-compliance on a World Trade Organization ruling on poultry imports. Bloomberg reports the Minister of …
September Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS, Pacific Region Office released the crop production forecast for September. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of August and the first week of September, …
Governor Signs Ag Overtime Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown signed the ag overtime bill, Assembly Bill 1066, which will phase in new overtime rules for agricultural employees over the next four years. Sponsored ContentPurina Podcast: …
Duarte Case Helping WOTUS Fight
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway delivered remarks on the House floor to draw attention to the negative impacts of Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ over-burdensome …
CA Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
Navel Orange Production Forecast The initial 2016-17 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons, according to a survey conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of the total Navel orange …
California to Receive About $6 Million from USDA Grant Program
The USDA has announced the investment of $26.6 million into 45 projects that will spur innovative conservation initiatives on both rural and urban farms across the country, including nearly $6 million …
Ag Groups Question Venue for ‘WOTUS’ Appeal
Organizations looking to overturn the EPA’s and the Army Corps’ Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) want the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether or not the Sixth Circuit Court of …
Investment to Spur Agricultural Innovation
Matching Contributions by Public and Private Partners Bring Total Investment to $59 Million for 45 Projects to Address Water Quality and Other Conservation Concerns Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the …
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
Deputy Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Alexis Taylor is leading a trade delegation to Hong Kong and Shanghai through September 15. It’s part of an effort to extend …
Agri View: Labor Program
Everett Griner talks about producers need a working labor program in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentPurina Podcast: Managing for Success from One Life Phase to AnotherJuly 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …