…USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. Agricultural export credit and other agricultural trade development and monitoring activities. USDA’s Market News Service, which provides critically important market information to the agricultural industry. The…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…and Drug Administration (FDA) signed a joint agency formal agreement (PDF, 578 KB) launching the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative. This new agreement will improve coordination across federal agencies to better educate Americans…
Measuring Costs and Benefits of Different Farming Systems
…your profitability,” Dufour noted. About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance Management Minute April 3, 2024 Fungicide Resistance Management Minute March…
World Ag Expo Gearing Up with Top Product Winners
The International Agri-Center will once again be the gathering place for agriculture industries from all over the world in February. The World Ag Expo has kicked off official build-up to the…
Better Traceability Needs Industry-Wide Movement
…topic after two major romaine lettuce E. coli outbreaks this year. Blockchain technology is often mentioned in those conversations, but Produce Marketing Associations Chief Science and Technology Officer Dr. Bob…
Fresh Produce Has Some Traceability Challenges
With two major E. coli warnings in romaine lettuce in the last year, the industry must now look at improved traceability. Produce Marketing Association’s Chief Science and Technology Officer Dr….
New Labeling Should Save Future Frustrations From Outbreaks
…of California’s Central Coast can again be sold by retailers if the product is labeled as such. Produce Marketing Association’s Chief Science and Technology Officer Bob Whitaker said this labeling…
Almond Board Invests $6.8 Million in Research
…composition. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. December 2018. 3: Allison Flynn, et al. Almond hull byproducts as a casing amendment material in mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) cultivation. Mushroom…
Public Safety vs. Producer Income in Recent E. coli Outbreak
The recent E. coli warning for romaine lettuce came at a terrible time for producers. As AgNet West has reported, two days before Thanksgiving the Center for Disease Control (CDC)…
Managing Soil as An Ecology Can Create Better Growing Conditions
…your profitability,” Dufour noted. Managing Soil as An Ecology Can Create Better Growing Conditions About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West Sponsored Content Fungicide Resistance…
Cell-Cultured Meat Products to Be Regulated by Both USDA and FDA
…and information sharing between the agencies to allow each to carry out our respective roles,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said in a statement. “This regulatory framework will leverage…
Agricultural Stewardship of Water Highlighted in Survey
…The survey typically provides a more accurate picture of agricultural water use, which often highlights the stewardship characteristics of American farmers. “There’s a general notion that maybe the ag sector…
USDA Partners with Communities to Bring High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Infrastructure to Rural Areas
…the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue…
Groundwater Collection Project Gathers Data by Flying Over Regions of Land
The Greater, Mid and East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agencies are partnering on a project to collect groundwater data in Tulare County. The project will use low flying helicopters and other…






















