…and revenue streams for producers while strengthening the food system. The investments will also give consumers better access to locally-grown foods and healthier choices. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy…
Organic Dairy Producers Still Have Time to Apply for New Assistance Program
…assistance is calculated using a producers’ marketing costs in 2022. For new, transitioning or expanded organic dairy operations, assistance is based on projected marketed production in 2023. Eligible producers include…
Getting Free Assistance with AMMP Application and Implementation
…to producers. The support is free of charge. Technical assistance for dairy and livestock operators interested in applying for AMMP is available along with support for project implementation. Listen to…
Turkey Production Up, Prices Down
…USDA is outlook board chairman is Mark Jekanowski. He says Turkey producers are boosting production this year. “They will likely do it again next year with these higher supplies. Prices…
AgNet Weekly: Curt Blades, AEM, Precision Agriculture Benefits
…related industries. AgNet Weekly also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture. April 6, 2024: Jacqueline Heard, Founder and CEO,…
CDFA Seeks Comments on Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Priorities
…on building resilience in the middle of the supply chain. By strengthening local and regional food systems, the initiative aims to create new revenue streams for producers. Eligible projects will…
Partnership to Increase Competition in Food and Ag Sectors
…food and agricultural markets. The initiative aims to alleviate anticompetitive market structures that drive up prices and limit options for consumers and producers. Under the new Agricultural Competition Partnership, state…
New Avocado Variety Gives Growers Additional Production Options
An avocado variety developed at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) gives producers new opportunities. The ‘BL516’ avocado scion cultivar known by its commercial name of Luna UCR, took decades…
Organic Science and Research Investment Act Introduced
…organic producers with the research and tools they need to continue to improve upon already climate friendly and resilient farming systems and meet the growing market demand for organic products,”…
AgNet Weekly: NAFB President Joe Gill on S1669, the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act
…related industries. AgNet Weekly also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture. April 6, 2024: Jacqueline Heard, Founder and CEO,…
Week in Review: Water Projects Streamlined & Legislative Effort to Address Tomato Pest
…action to help address the threat that broomrape represents in California. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has opened grant applications for commercial dairies and livestock operations to implement…
Deadline Friday to Nominate Farm Dog of the Year
…purpose for her was working and handling livestock. Then we started trialing her some, which a dog doesn’t necessarily have to be a trial dog to be a good farm…
IDF World Dairy Summit Heads to US
…policy for the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, (USDEC) says the time is right to bring the summit to the U.S. “We had a…
Xochitl Torres Small Confirmed as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
…Committee. The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and the National Milk Producers Federation have pointed out Torres Small’s experience as being an asset for her new position. Agriculture Secretary Tom…