…Department received a petition from California Dairies Inc. on June 17, 2014 proposing changes to the Class 4a pricing formula. The petition is posted on the hearing matrix at: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/uploader/postings/petitions/…
AgNeTVideo: Nick Lumbreas RTI-AG
Nick Lumbreras, Research Coordinator, and Kelsey McPhetridge, Research Assistant, discuss RTI AG research and the benefits to California agriculture….
Part 1: Characteristics of Tamarixia on ACP
Courtesy: UCANR Continuing our coverage of the possibility of Tamarixia as a biological control for the Asian citrus psyllid, Taylor Hillman begins a series updating ongoing research on. How Tamarixia…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
The USDA is pumping more money into research to fight Huanglongbing disease. United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $25 million in funding for research and…
War of Words for Dairy Industry
…enforcing currently-standing regulations. The federation’s issue is with the use of the dairy terms for non-dairy items. For example: soy milk or dairy-free yogurt. The FDA is working on different…
Bare Facts About Bees
…recently at the Alltech Symposium, Alltech Global Director of Applications Research and Quality, Becky Timmons discussed important facts about bees. For more of her speech, see All About Bees. →…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
…in the agricultural sectors it considers “sacred” – dairy, sugar, rice, beef, pork, wheat and barley. Japan is demanding special treatment for its agricultural sector, including exempting pork and other…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…begin on June 23 at the Southern Agricultural Research Center in Huntley where the participants will learn about Montana agricultural research, including a presentation from the Western Sugar Cooperative. The…
Marketing Funding Key to Sustainability
…Curtis says that without this product research funding, the advances in sustainability wouldn’t be possible. Curtis said that according to their assessments, the industry has become 33% more efficient with…
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
…further innovation in research as wheat represents about 20 percent of human calorie intake, making it an essential part of the global diet and critical to food security. As demand…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…$3.9 million to be used by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to support the development of vaccines $2.4 million to cooperative agreement funding for States to support management and control…
Monthly Dairy Products Report
…Sherbet (hard) – 3.98 million gallons, down 11.8 percent. Frozen yogurt (total) – 6.13 million gallons, down 21.1 percent. Please click for the full report. Monthly Dairy Products Report-06-04-2014.(.pdf format)…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research;…
Celebrating Dairy in June
The focus is on dairy for the month of June. California is the nation’s leading dairy state. Sabrina Hill has more on Real California Milk Month. June is Real California…