…contest features 31 contestants who qualified from three WLAC Qualifying Events and the reigning International Auctioneer Champion. During the live sale portion, contestants sell cattle to actual bidders in the…
Senate Environmental Quality Committee to Review SB458 Amendment to The Statewide Ban of Chlorpyrifos
Senate Bill 458 which was introduced by Maria Durazo, (D, Los Angeles), is a bill which will prohibit the statewide use of chlorpyrifos. Since its introduction, the California Farm Bureau…
Wonderful to Run Entirely on Renewable Energy by 2025
The Wonderful Company recently announced plans to power its entire U.S. operation using only renewable energy by 2025. The Los Angeles-based agricultural company is joining a larger group of other…
Poultry Show Cancellations Continue Amidst Virulent Newcastle Outbreak
…populations in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties. A recent case of VND was also discovered in Redwood City in Alameda County. Officials from the United States Department…
Amazon to Diversify Grocery Portfolio
…the opening of dozens of grocery stores in several major U.S. cities, with the first grocery store projected to open before 2020 in Los Angeles. The move to develop more…
Super Bowl Chicken Wings Consumption
…the unofficial gameday menu staple – the chicken wing – will hit an all-time high at 1.38 billion wings during Super Bowl LIII weekend, as the Los Angeles Rams and…
HLB Detections Increased in 2018 as Monitoring Efforts Intensify
…been located in Los Angeles and Orange counties. A total of 1,010 trees have been found to be infected with HLB since 2012, however, the disease has not yet been…
More Virulent Newcastle Disease in Commercial Poultry
…in California. San Bernardino County has been home to the majority of infections at 104 cases, with 87 in Riverside County, 39 cases in Los Angeles County and only one…
USDA Modifies Branding Requirements for Mexican Cattle
…or eliminate branding errors, rebranding and cattle rejections during port-of-entry inspections. USDA published the final rule on December 14, and it will become effective on January 14, 2019. About the…
EPA Recognizes Reducing Food Waste
…the national food loss and waste reduction goal, visit: www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/call-action-stakeholders-united-states-food-loss-waste-2030-reduction For more information on the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions, visit: www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/united-states-food-loss-and-waste-2030-champions Learn more about EPA’s Pacific Southwest…
Virulent Newcastle Disease in Commercial Poultry in California
…related to another discovery earlier in the year in a small flock of backyard exhibition chickens in Los Angeles County. The disease is not an issue in relation to food…
FAS Administrator Isley to Lead South Korea Trade Mission
…City, Kan. Dragonberry Produce, Canby, Ore. East-West International Group, Inc., Moreland Hills, Ohio Everhealth Natural Vitamins, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. Floyd Wilcox & Sons, Inc., Rexburg, Idaho Gayland Ward Seed…
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
…Village Village of Middlefield OH Portage County Portage Development Board OH Twinsburg City of Twinsburg OH Warren Cafaro Company OH Youngstown Western Reserve Port Authority; City of Warren and Howland…
CDFA Accepting 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Applications
…to 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles Workshop: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Webinar 2: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Sacramento Workshop: Thursday, October…