…and resources, visit the ASAP Facebook page. Visit the Center’s YouTube channel for new content and fresh ideas about how to stay safe year-round. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land…
Agricultural Groups Concerned by Latest H-2A Wage Rules
…Labor will become effective on March 30. Wages for field workers will be based on wage data from the Farm Labor Survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other H-2A…
Six GSPs Approved and Another Six Deemed ‘Inadequate’ by DWR
…basins will need to adhere to recommended corrective actions from DWR. The plans that were submitted were many years in the making. “We can continue to work on filling data…
Chicken Leads U.S. Per Person Availability of Meat
…to eat in the United States continues to outpace beef, according to new food availability data from the USDA’s Economic Research Service. In 2021, 68.1 pounds of chicken per person…
Rice Growers Prepare to Receive $250 Million from USDA
…leveraging Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency data for the Emergency Relief Program, USDA saved farmers and staff significant time, and we think this approach will help us provide…
Cotton Trust Protocol Deadline
An important deadline is coming up for cotton growers. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol reminds growers to enroll and complete data entry…
California Pistachios Have Economic Impact of More Than $6.4 Billion
…millions of dollars in business taxes.” The total economic output of California pistachios was equated to an average of more than $17.6 million per day. According to the data, grower…
Agronomic Minute: Taking an Integrated Crop Health Approach
…program is a comprehensive methodology for addressing a variety of issues. “ProNutiva combines powerful conventional products with our sustainable biosolutions from our natural plant-protection portfolio in order to create an…
Biggest U.S. Farms Obtaining More Land
…million or more operate nearly 26 percent of U.S. farmlands. The agency also says there were 2.003 million farms in the nation during 2022, a drop of 0.5 percentage points…
Disappointment in FDA’s Proposal for Plant-Based Milk Alternatives
…using dairy terminology violates FDA’s own standards of identity, which clearly define dairy terms as animal-based products,” said Mulhern. “We reject the agency’s circular logic that FDA’s past labeling enforcement…
FACA Farm Bill Priorities Heralded by Industry Members
…30-page document. Several member organizations have celebrated the release of the policy recommendations and are eager to engage with lawmakers. “Despite a pandemic, severe weather, volatile markets and rising costs,…
FMI Encourages FDA to Refine Healthy Definition
The Food Industry Association (FMI) recently submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the agency’s proposed rule to update the definition of the term “healthy.” The FDA…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 02-21-23
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers more H2A preparations and requirements, the EPA proposing a new rule for pesticide…
California Water Mismanagement Called Out by Lawmakers
…opportunity. Congressman John Duarte also did not mince words when referring to water mismanagement in the state. “The data is in. We’ve depleted our aquifers. We’ve destroyed our farms. We’ve…
