…it was repealed by Congress in 2015 to avoid $1 billion of retaliatory tariffs from Canada and Mexico that were sanctioned by the World Trade Organization (WTO),” the letter says….
USDA Research is Driving Technological Innovation
…14.9 MB) revealed 320 new inventions from USDA laboratories in fiscal year 2018, along with 471 licenses, 120 patent applications and 67 actual patents. Discoveries include a repellent made from…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 06-27-19
…for California’s FFA organization. Tune in to the show for these news stories, recipes, features and more. Danielle Leal Multi-Media Journalist & AgNet News Hour Anchor Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance Management…
Almond Update: Children’s Book Educating and Raising Money for FFA
…Shake, Sweep, and Eat’. It’s available on Amazon and about $1.50 of every book will be donated to FFA scholarships. Munoz said the support so far has been amazing. Listen…
USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
…(Sec. 12513). Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program: On April 23, 2019, AMS announced the availability of funding for the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (Sec. 12102). Feasibility Study…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 06-20-19
…supporting FFA. They started this last year and it was a success so they are bringing it back. All proceeds go to California Future Farmers of America scholarships. About the…
Almond Update: FORE! Support California FFA June 27
…the class does to raise money for FFA scholarships. Listen to Thao’s full interview. Almond Update: FORE! Support California FFA June 27 Find more information about the event at Almonds.com….
‘Young Farmers Success Act’ to Relieve Agricultural Student Loan Debt
…program.” Previous iterations of the Young Farmers Success Act had been introduced both in 2015 and 2017 but were stalled in Congress. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is currently…
Perdue Headlining Forbes AgTech Summit, Continuing Innovation Focus
…CEO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.; John Hartnett, Founder & CEO, SVG Partners and THRIVE AgTech; Tom Nassif, President & CEO, Western Growers Association; Ertharin Cousin, Former Ambassador to the UN World…
Walmart Takes Poultry Companies to Court
…laws. The claim Walmart asserts is that the poultry companies engaged in price fixing and trade restraint from 2008 to 2016. The 98-page complaint filed in the US District Court…
Almond Beer Helps Industry Toast To FFA
…in two separate notebooks, unknowing of each other, lead to hundreds of almond industry members toasting to California FFA. That was the scene at Temblor Brewing Company in Bakersfield earlier…
Drones to Light Up State Fair
…Cal Expo during the California State Fair July 12-28, 2019. Drones along with swarm technology will be utilized to light up the night skies around Cal Expo to choreographed music,…
National FFA’s Washington Leadership Conference Instills Importance of Growth, Leadership, Community Service
…information, visit FFA.org/WLC. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 669,989 student members who belong to one of 8,630 local FFA…
Court Strikes 2015 Water Rule
A federal court on Tuesday invalidated the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 expansion of federal jurisdiction over small and isolated waters. After years of litigation in…
