…showed that the plant-based meat sector grew by six percent over last year. Bruce Friedrich, Good Food Institute Executive Director, calls it a revolution that’s taking place in the plant-based…
Amazon Cleared to Take Over Whole Foods
…store chain. The FTC wrapped up its investigation and found no anticompetitive effects sufficient to block the deal. Acting competition bureau chief Bruce Hoffman says, “Based on our investigation, we’ve…
Farmers and Ranchers Push for Comprehensive Tax Reform
…AFB Women’s Leadership Committee. “Reform is absolutely necessary so we can pass our farms and ranches down to our sons and daughters.” Kalena Bruce, a Farm Bureau member from Missouri,…
Farmers Assess Impact of Recent Heat Wave
…smaller fruit, and possibly sunburn,” said Bruce Rominger, a processing-tomato farmer in Winters. Some tomatoes are only a couple of weeks from harvest, he said, while others were planted around…
Hungry Americans Benefit from Farm Bureau Donations
…for those who need it the most,” said Kalena Bruce, a cattle farmer from Missouri who chairs AFBF’s national YF&R committee. “More than 50 percent of Americans struggling with hunger…
Cotton Council International Elects 2017 Officers
…Tenn., was elected as secretary and Bruce Atherley, Washington, D.C., was elected as assistant secretary. Elected as 2017 CCI directors were: Dwayne Alford, a ginner from Yuma, Ariz.; Bobby Walton,…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement; he also has expressed a desire to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. CTGA Chairman Bruce Rominger described that as…
National Pork Producers Delegate Body Appointed
…Whitt Texas: Corby Barrett, Robert Peffley Utah: Cole D. Sorenson, Nathan K. Horton Vermont: Bruce Hennessey Virginia: Marla McPherson, Daniel M. Johnson Washington: Tom Cocking, Robin Cocking West Virginia: Elizabeth…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Board Appointments
…1, 2017, and will end on Dec. 31, 2019. The new member for District 6 will complete a two-year term beginning immediately. Newly appointed members are Cody Smith of Bruceville,…
Trump Ag Adviser Wants Mergers Blocked
Iowa agribusiness leader Bruce Rastetter is a Republican mega-donor who wants the incoming Trump administration to block mergers in the works between large seed and chemical companies. The deals between…
USDA Microloans for Farmers: Participation Patterns and Effects of Outreach
by Sarah Tulman, Nathaniel Higgins, Robert Williams, Michael Gerling, Charles Dodson, and Bruce McWilliams, Economic Research Service What is the Issue? USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) launched its Microloan program…
CAWG Elects New Board Members
…are Michael Boer, Stipp Ranch, Ukiah; Diego Olagaray, Olagaray Brothers, Lodi; and Bruce Phillips, Vine Hill Ranch, Yountville. “We are pleased to welcome the new board members and look forward…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…Oceano, Calif.; Bruce Talbott, Talbott’s Mountain Gold LLP, Palisade, Colo.; Lucy Whittemore, W. P. Distributor LLC, Everett, Mass.; and Liz Xu, Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Aiea, Hawaii. *These re-appointed incumbent…
Purdue University Discovers Process Increasing Milk Shelf Life
…for less than a second eliminates more than 99 percent of the bacteria left behind after pasteurization. Study organizer Bruce Applegate says “It’s an add-on to pasteurization, but it can…