…Committee today. Hurst, a board member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was asked to testify on innovation and its implications for agriculture. “The big data movement—and the innovative technologies…
GMO Testing Pilot Project to Ensure Compliance with National Organic Program
…apart. And the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and its State Organic Program (SOP) have worked alongside those growers since 2003 to make sure consumers can trust the…
Science Does Not Support International Agency Opinion on Red Meat and Cancer
…in the scientific community. A large meta-analysis, published online in May in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, analyzed the relationship between red meat intake and risk for…
Map Identifies Farmland with Greatest Potential for Groundwater Recharge
Growers, researchers, policymakers and others can now pinpoint California’s most promising parcels of farmland to help replenish the state’s dwindling groundwater supplies, thanks to a new interactive map developed by…
No More Constraints on U.S. Cotton Policy
…messages NCC President/CEO Gary Adams delivered here Wednesday in his testimony before the House Agriculture Committee’s hearing:“Foreign Subsidies: Jeopardizing Free Trade and Harming American Farmers.” Adams testimony came as the…
Nufarm at 2015 CAPCA Conference
…of crop protection products used by American farmers to protect their crops against damage caused by weeds, pests and disease. Nufarm offers a diversified product portfolio that includes herbicides, insecticides,…
Vilsack Stresses Almond Industry’s Economic Importance
…constructive and look forward to continued discussions with him and the USDA.” Vilsack praised the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. He called it an enormous opportunity for American agriculture. The…
Federal Pesticide Changes Mirror California Rules
…Service, monitored development of the original EPA rules and later revisions when he was employed by the American Farm Bureau Federation. “When I came to California a few years ago,…
Forces Combine to Shorten Pistachio Crop
…was in 2003,” Gibbons said. Richard Matoian, executive director of American Pistachio Growers in Fresno, explained that with low chill hours, “the net effect for pistachios is the male and…
Opinion: You Know You’re At a California Fair When…
…in one place, some just miles from where they were grown. Grapes, walnuts, citrus, wheat, gourds, apples…the list is many. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, “The American county fair…
Judge Orders Nationwide Stay of WOTUS Rule
…across the country. In granting the stay, the majority of the Court sided with the states that the rule likely fails on both substantive and procedural grounds.” From the American…
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. Celebrates Completion of Newest Manufacturing Facility in Hanford, California
Yesterday, Crop Vitality, a business unit of Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI), the North American subsidiary of Brussels-based Tessenderlo Group and the Kings County Economic Development Corporation celebrated the completion of…
New USDA Fact Sheets Illustrate State-by-State Benefits of TPP
…more than one million American jobs. TPP will remove unfair trade barriers and help further the global expansion of American agricultural exports, particularly exports of meat, poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables,…
Ag Sec. Vilsack Talks TPP
…businesses, good for American farmers and good for American ranchers, and good for American manufacturers. We have met that standard in this agreement. So this week marks an important step…