…of five years. The company didn’t specify who the Russian recipients of the transfer would be. Bayer says it’s agreed to grant non-discriminatory access to digital-farming technologies after the products…
Produce Safety Program Launches Website
…required food safety practices will become ingrained in the culture of California produce farming so that our state continues to grow the safest produce possible.” Visit the site at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/producesafety/about.html…
Farm Leaders Visit Opioid Memorial in Show of Unity
…epidemic that is disproportionately affecting farming communities. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson joined Anne Hazlett, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural…
Culver’s to Donate Custard Sales to FFA
…like the National FFA Organization, that encourage “smart and sustainable farming practices” in an effort to “make sure we continue to have enough food to feed our country’s growing population.”…
Providing Perspective on the Annual Dirty Dozen List
…providing inaccurate and misleading information to consumers about the safety when it comes to residues for fruits and vegetables,” said Executive Director of the Alliance for Food and Farming Teresa…
Farm bill discussions will affect all Californians
…state struggle to hire enough people to harvest crops, CFBF will seek increased research into technology to mechanize farming tasks. Johansson “Agricultural innovation benefits not only farmers and their employees,…
Nat DiBuduo Retiring After Decades of Leading AGG
…his work on behalf of grower issues to improve economic conditions, DiBuduo already had a long history of agricultural work spending several years farming and developing vineyards with his family…
Almond Matters: Springtime Mite Monitoring Heats Up with Temperatures
…every few days. Adequate monitoring will be key when making a timely miticide application, especially when working with a large farming operation. “Those populations can start to build rapidly, so…
Farmers for America – a Movie About the Present and the Future
…– their connection to the land and love of community. It also addresses the challenges of farming and the stark reality of how dependent small towns across the rural landscape…
Almond Matters: Celebrating Women in Agriculture
…rise of women in leadership roles within companies, or within their own family farm.” Holtermann grew up farming almonds with her father and uncle while also participating in several agricultural…
Trade Coalition Launches Effort Against U.S. Tariffs
…for the project, Casey Guernsey, says the effort will help farmers and ranchers “communicate with one voice” to the Trump administration that “rural and farming communities must be heard.” The…
McConnell Introduces Hemp legislation
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week announced legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate to support hemp farmers. The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 will legalize hemp as…
USDA Announces $8.4 Million to Support Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
…and direct assistance to Hmong farmers in central California who face barriers to successful farming due to poverty and cultural and linguistic isolation. A Florida State University project reached veterans…
NRCS, Partners Seek to Assist Bi-State Sage-Grouse Area Ranchers with Conservation through Partnership Project
…(FMV) of the agricultural land easement to protect farming and ranching on privately owned cropland. Rangeland, nonindustrial forestland, pastureland, that meet criteria as grasslands of special environmental significance may obtain…