…quality, and other specialty areas. Partner organizations that brought their expertise to the handbook include: Black Family Land Trust, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Center for Rural Affairs, Florida Organic Growers,…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…agreement and its removal of trade barriers, American agricultural exports to the region are poised to expand even further. Japan as a Market. Japan is already an important market for…
AgNet Media’s Hill Elected NAFB Western Region VP
…speaker at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation being held in Orlando, Florida in January 2016. You can listen to Sabrina’s reports across California Ag country on…
Prather Ranch Named 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…Land Trust, the Rickerts have preserved some of the state’s most spectacular wildflowers, and protected sensitive vernal pools and riparian areas. Prather Ranch has also planted several miles of riparian…
WOTUS Guidance Would Result in Continued Confusion
…and chaos.” Issuing guidance can’t fix a broken rule, according to a letter the American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm groups sent to members of the Senate who voted…
Transportation Perspectives of U.S. International Food Aid Programs Examination
…been very effective in delivering aid where it’s needed most, while also supporting our domestic industries and our military readiness. A bag of American food delivered from an American ship…
AFBF Website for 2016 Presidential Candidates
A new website by the American Farm Bureau offers farmers and ranchers critical information on the 2016 Presidential candidates. Micheal Clements reports. AFBF Website for 2016 Presidential Candidates A new…
Good News for Pistachio Growers
…Walnut seminar tracts at the South Valley Nut Conference. Growers listened to industry updates from Almond Board CEO Richard Waycott, American Pistachio Growers Executive Director Richard Matoian and the California…
Agri View: Feeding the World
The American farmer is highly respected throughout the world, generally speaking. Everett Griner talks about what the term “feeding the world” means to you in today’s Agri View. Feeding the…
Livestock Health and Need for Antibiotics
…of industry relations for NPPC. Hockman says American pig farmers have always been dedicated to raising healthy animals to ensure a safe food supply. He says farmers strategies includes using…
Statement from Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
…economic activity, and support higher-paying American jobs. I encourage our farmers and ranchers to take a look at what’s in the deal for them, and I hope that after a…
Agri-Culture’s 19th Annual Progressive Dinner “Autumn in the Valley” Success
…The hors d’oeuvres were served at Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s Watsonville Slough Farms – welcomed by Terry Corwin. Terry spoke about the Land Trust’s farmland conservation program. Dinner…
USDA Ranks High in EPA Report on Renewable Energy Use
…Tom Vilsack. “Using green power helps grow American jobs, helps USDA programs and services become more sustainable, and demonstrates to every level of government and private industry that supporting clean…
Growth Energy Makes Major Gift to Agricultural Education Scholarship Fund
…career that will help further the innovation, promise and bounty of America’s farmers. American agriculture and those invested in it are the backbone of this nation and Growth Energy is…









