…hardships in the organic dairy industry. This assistance will help keep organic dairy operations sustainable until markets return to more normal conditions. Through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), $104 million…
Week in Review: Solving Disaster Program Shortfalls & New Avocado Variety Available to Growers
While the federal government provides disaster assistance programs, their current structure and implementation can often fall short of meeting the urgent needs of farmers. UCR Professor of Extension in Subtropical…
CDFA Seeks Comments on Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Priorities
…Agriculture in the administration of the program. The program aims to address disruptions in the food supply chain caused by external events like COVID-19 and shipping delays. The program focuses…
Partnership to Increase Competition in Food and Ag Sectors
…identify and address anticompetitive and anti-consumer behavior, in partnership with federal authorities, through these cooperative agreements we can ensure a more robust and competitive agricultural sector,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…
AgNet News Hour: Thursday, 07-20-23
…to take a chance on speculative activity, details on the proposed indoor heat standard, and some environmental benefits of precision agriculture. Tune in to the show for these news stories,…
SWAT Act Would Fund Research on Drosophila
…College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences “It’s about the economy and about jobs, and it’s important for us to make sure that we’re dealing with an invasive past that is…
Water Board Extends Protest Period for Sites Reservoir
…the Sites Project Authority. The North Delta Water Agency made a request for an extension last month. The extension comes on the heels of Governor Gavin Newsom signing a package…
USDA Requests Input on GHG Measurement Plans
…on the administration’s Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Initiative. It also aligns with ongoing work across the federal government to quantify carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions….
U.N. Says More People Facing Hunger
…According to new joint-agency State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World figures, global hunger remained relatively unchanged from 2021 to 2022. New figures in the 2023 SOFI report…
AgNet Weekly: NAFB President Joe Gill on S1669, the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act
Some car makers have decided to not include AM radio in new vehicles. A number of groups have spent months fighting that decision, including emergency management organizations, former members of…
‘Great Concern’ About EPA Rules for Plant-Incorporated Protectants
More than 60 agribusiness groups have expressed “great concern” for how plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) are going to be regulated. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a final rule…
Solutions to Streamline and Improve Disaster Assistance
While the federal government provides disaster assistance programs, their current structure and implementation can often fall short of meeting the urgent needs of farmers. Almond Alliance CEO, Aubrey Bettencourt said…
AgNet Weekly: Representative Doug LaMalfa on Farm Labor Working Group
Congress is looking into farm labor needs around the nation, but it is a challenging task. The House Agriculture Committee recently announced the creation of the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working…
Week in Review: Winegrapes Benefit from Winter Weather & Tulare Lake Starting to Recede
…Program. Questions linger as federal officials try to rework the Waters of the United States Rule. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the latest agricultural headlines in your inbox…
