…the COVID 19 has had on the California ag industry, and improvements that are coming to the Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Program. Tune in to the show for these news…
COVID Ag Safety Bill Passes Assembly Despite Industry Opposition
…guidelines which may not be appropriate in all areas. “For example, this bill would require packing houses to comply with a guidance for employees handling livestock. Additionally, it would apply…
Livestock Grazing Holds Potential Benefits in Organic Systems
…of cover crops-livestock in fresh produce production,” Pires noted. Previous livestock grazing studies have demonstrated that the practice can have a positive impact on yield and soil health. The current…
Meyer Receives Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
Deanne Meyer, UC Cooperative Extension livestock waste management specialist, is this year’s recipient of the Eric Bradford & Charlie Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award, given by the Agricultural Sustainability Institute…
Prescribed Burn Association Coming to Central Coast
…Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor for San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties. “Improving forage will be a goal of the PBA, but there will be lots of other goals…
Registration Available for Grazing and Prescribed Burning Online Workshop
An online workshop covering grazing and prescribed burning is coming up next month. Registration information is available online for the one-hour virtual workshop covering two grants related to fire. Livestock…
FDA Associates 2019 E. Coli Outbreaks With Cattle Operations
…in the Salinas Valley that were in the proximity of grazing livestock. The report indicates that after whole genome sequencing tests the outbreaks were caused by three distinctly different strains…
Lawmakers Raise Questions About Food Box Program Administration
…of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa, and Subcommittee on Biotechnology,…
Ag Producers Can Now Apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
…fiber, ranching, and raising livestock, aquaculture, and other related industries. For businesses that applied for the program prior to the legislative change, those applications will be processed without the need…
APHIS to Establish National Incident Coordination Center
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to assist livestock producers affected by the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is establishing…
Pushing for the Removal of Payment Caps Under CFAP
…that the payment restrictions would limit the effectiveness of the program, particularly for livestock, dairy and specialty crop producers. “Growers of crops with high production costs like citrus should be…
How to Manage a Free-Range Flock
…with your flock who will keep a watch on his hens to alert them of danger. Another possibility might be a Livestock Guardian Dog to help watch out for your…
Coronavirus Assistance Payments Expected by ‘End of May’
…direct coronavirus assistance payments is intended for the livestock industry at $9.6 billion. Another $3.9 billion will be provided to row crop producers, as well as an additional $2.1 billion…
USDA Working to Mitigate the Cost of Milk Dumping
…counted as milk marketings for the Dairy Revenue Production or actual marketings for the Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy programs. “The market realities of the COVID-19 era demand solutions, and…