…state or federal authorities. While the PEDv does not pose a threat to human health or food safety, it is causing a tremendous hardship for American pork producers. It has…
California Hay Report
Compared to last week: Prices traded mostly steady in most areas. Demand remained very good in all regions on active trading activity. The supply of hay in California is very…
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…
Costa Announces $6.3 Million in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency Grants
…know that water means more nutritious food for the world and good jobs for Californians,” said Costa. “In the midst of this horrific drought, this critical funding will provide some…
USDA Announces Funding, Issues Federal Order to Combat PEDv
…Service (APHIS) or State animal health officials. These viruses do not pose any risk to human health or food safety, and they are commonly detected in countries around the world….
More Water Users Receive Notices of Curtailment
…of due process, the board’s methods for calculating supply and demand, how it quantifies public trust and public health and safety needs, and how voluntary curtailment agreements already in place…
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
…Environmental Protection Agency. The new category will spotlight the multiple benefits gained from farming and ranching, including innovative and sustainable approaches to water and energy conservation, food crop production efficiency,…
Celebrating Dairy in June
…of over 40 billion pounds of milk, accounting for about twenty-one percent of the nation’s entire supply. For more, read Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Real California Milk Month”. →…
Expanding Scope of Dietary Guidelines Committee
…Dietary Guidelines Committee Every five years, consumers are provided with updated recommendations for healthy food choices. The next set of guidelines comes out in 2015. Some are concerned that the…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Real California Milk Month”
…about twenty-one percent of the nation’s entire supply. The landscape, economy, health, and nutrition of California would not be the same without our dairy farms. I urge all Californians to…
USDA Pacific Region Monthly Poultry Report
…percent from a year earlier. Leading breeders placed 6.71 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during April 2014, up 8 percent from April 2013. U.S. EGG-TYPE…
Ag Leadership Names Four New Board Members
…life trustee of Claremont McKenna College. Bob Cherenson is one of eight partners at Turlock-based Lander Veterinary Clinic, which serves large production-oriented food animal operations, particularly dairy farms. He is…
California Hay Report
Compared to last week: Prices traded mostly steady to firm most areas. Demand remained very good in all regions on active trading activity. The supply of hay in California is…
Balancing Global Food Security and Climate Change Concerns
Bain US agriculture plays a key part in both mitigating climate change impacts and feeding the world, with efforts underway to do both. Rod Bain reports. Balancing Global Food Security…