Both the Napa Valley Grapegrowers (NVG) and the Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) announced that despite some of the challenges in recent weeks, the 2019 harvesting process has gone rather well…
Cattlemen Applaud Introduction of Real MEAT Act of 2019
…allow customers to make their own decisions.” Click here to read the text of the Real MEAT Act. Click here to read NCBA’s two-page summary of the bill. Source: National…
Cargill and FFA Partner to Inspire and Educate Future Leaders
…the National FFA Organization share the belief that agriculture can solve some of the world’s toughest sustainability challenges. Cargill is investing $2.1 million over three years to help the FFA…
Growing Your Own Baby Vegetables
…taste of vegetables worth harvesting in their juvenile state is going to be similar to the mature plant. However, they might be a bit milder, with less bitterness. In some…
Livestock Groups Call Attention to Judicial Activism in Sage Grouse Case
…President Jennifer Houston Background: In December of 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published Final Environmental Impact Statements (FEISs) on revisions to the 2015 Obama-era sage grouse Resource Management…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 10-09-19
…demographics, efforts to modernize the Endangered Species Act, pumpkin patches that kick-started the fall season and the 92 National FFA Convention. Tune in to the show for these news stories,…
Registration Opens for Massive 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show
Cattle Industry Members Invited to “Deep in the Heart” Event in San Antonio Feb. 5-7 DENVER (NCBA-Oct. 4, 2019) — Registration and housing for the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and…
Perdue Comments on Administrative Actions to Streamline H-2A Process
…16, 2019. Beginning October 1, an employer seeking to employ emergency, H-2A workers or those starting on or after December 15, 2019 must submit a job order using the new…
Former Agriculture Secretaries Announce Support for USMCA
…at USDA today for a press conference to reiterate their support for USMCA. You may watch the press conference by visiting the USDA Facebook page. To see the letter from Secretaries…
Tempering Expectations for the Future of Organic
A new report from Rabobank is tempering expectations for organic production as growth in the sector is beginning to slow. The six-page report “Organic Produce Premiums Under Pressure,” notes that…
Citrus Research Board Under New Leadership
…controller of the California Apple Commission for 10 years. Since 2015 Martin has been a member of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables, which should…
Report Shows Licensed Hemp Acreage More Than Quadrupled in 2019
…report estimates that the actual amount of hemp planting and harvesting will be significantly lower. Although President Donald Trump signed the farm bill into law nearly a year ago, a…
Industry Responds to EPA WOTUS Announcement
…definition of the “Waters of the United States.” The EPA and the Army Corps have repealed the 2015 Rule that impermissibly expanded the definition of “Waters of the United States”…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 09-12-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering ratification of the USMCA, how off-ground almond harvesting could…
