We’ve been keeping you up to date on the Open Data Ag Conference happening this week in Washington D.C. Gary Crawford tells us it ended with some friendly commitments. Click …
Information Key in Dealing with Climate Change
Improved, long-term information can help ag producers, and their crops and livestock, adapt to climatic changes. Rod Bain has the story. Click to open or download audio report. Sponsored ContentCIR …
Growers Tell Lawmakers about Labor Shortages
A group of prominent specialty crop producers talked to lawmakers this week about the urgent need for immigration reform. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report. Sponsored …
Ross to Speak at Workshop on Farm Bill
It’s a chance for farmers, ranchers and others in the ag industry to learn more about the Farm Bill. Sabrina Hill has details. Click to open or download audio report. …
Tulare Water Rules Workshop This Week
Growers with irrigated lands in the Tulare Lake Basin Area are invited to a workshop on controversial groundwater rules scheduled for this week in Fresno. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to …
Ag Organizations Weigh in on Immigration Bill
Agriculture leaders are voicing their support for the immigration reform bill proposal and what it means for ag labor. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open or download audio report. …
Details of Immigration Reform Bill Released
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new comprehensive immigration reform package. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Unlock Dairy Cow Success with Purina’s Transition StrategiesJune 2, 2025Protecting Your …
Vilsack Defends Research Decisions
Decisions to close or consolidate USDA research labs almost always face stiff opposition from local lawmakers and that is certainly true these days. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open …
Vilsack Discusses Effects of Sequestration
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined for lawmakers some of the many effects of budget sequestration that we will see later on. Gary Crawford reports from Washington. Click to open or …
Stop Pests From Spreading
April is when the USDA kicks off its annual awareness campaign on how to stop invasive pests from spreading. Susan Carter has more. Click to open or download audio report. …
Ag Labor and Immigration Are Top Concerns
Agriculture labor is in the spotlight this week, after California Senator Dianne Feinstein suggested a deal may be coming very soon. Sabrina Hill talks with Monterey County Farm Bureau Executive …
Study Could Change Fertilizer Use
A study by UC Davis could lead to changes in fertilizer uses and better air quality. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …
Vilsack Tells Critics to Look Closer at Budget
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says critics of certain aspects of his proposed 2014 budget should look at the total budget and the fiscal environment the country is facing today. Gary …