…pesticide using the best available, transparent science.” The use of chlorpyrifos has come under significant scrutiny for a number of years, culminating in 2015 when state regulators declared it a…
National FFA Organization Names VIP Recipients
…Rogersville, Tenn. “The VIP Award recognizes the dedicated individuals who contribute to the FFA mission of student success through their hard work and cooperation,” National FFA chief executive officer Mark…
New Record for American Farmland Values
…farm real estate and pasture values, reflecting the overall trend over the past 14 years. Average cropland values have also rebounded to 2015 numbers. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Land…
Agri View: Genetically, What is a Fruit?
…Spain. Not California. Not Florida. I read from a 3 page list of other uncommon, and mostly unknown, facts about fruits and vegetables. Those that everybody eat at one time…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
…law and are therefore under development. See page 52 of the legislation for the full text (PDF, 2 MB). USDA is seeking input as we develop the rules and requirements…
Water Recycling Projects Continue Improving Agricultural Water Supplies
…crop irrigation. A 2015 study from the Pacific Institute illustrated California’s seven major oil-producing counties have the potential to provide a combined 359 million gallons of OPW every day. There…
Food Processing Grants Available to Help Improve Energy Efficiency
…processing is one of largest users of energy in the state, consuming 7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and 500 million therms of natural gas in 2015. The amount of energy…
Trade War Endangers Farmers, Farm Bureau Tells Congress
…and beef cattle and operates a dairy. “In 2015, China’s ‘minimum support price’ for corn, rice and wheat was estimated to be nearly $100 billion in excess of the levels…
Valley Ventures Accelerator Fueling Innovation; Accepting Fall Applications
…event in 2015. “HerdDogg’s passion for animal welfare has helped the company enjoy a successful start, and is now looking to scale sales and increase its strategic activities with dairies…
USDA Appoints Members to National Dairy Promotion and Research Board
…G. Roecker, Wis., Region 6 Doug J. Carroll, Iowa, Region 7 Kim Korn, Idaho, Region 8 Cynthia K. Adam, Indiana, Region 9 David T. Pyle, Maryland, Region 11 Patricia J….
Governor Brown Increases Funding for Citrus Protection
…do that.” The governor’s budget that was originally released back in January had allocated only $2.5 million from the general fund to go towards enhancing Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and…
Citrus Growers Educational Seminar Series Concludes with Packed House in Exeter
…tactics for managing Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and Huanglongbing (HLB). Grafton-Cardwell also talked about the details related to the Section 18 of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act allowing for…
Meat Companies Accused of Artificially Inflating Pork Prices
…percent. The “year-average” price in the hog market was $76.30 in 2015, after being at or below $50 annually from 1998-2009. Hormel Foods issues a statement saying, “Hormel Foods is…
Trade Promotion Authority to Auto-Renew
…allows, or perhaps restricts, Congress to a simple up or down vote, without amendment, regarding the approval of trade agreements. Most recently passed in 2015, TPA was favored by a…
