The 2013 California Almond Objective Measurement Report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service shows a decline for this year. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open…
AFBF Statement on Senate Passage of Immigration Bill
…country. With less time and resources wasted locking up lettuce harvesters, the focus can shift to where it properly belongs—keeping those with criminal intentions out of our country. “The passing…
San Diego Designated Natural Disaster Area
San Diego is now added to the list of several California counties designated as a primary natural disaster area. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to open or download audio report It’s…
Supreme Court Sides With Florida Landowner In Permit Fight
By JIM SAUNDERS, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, June 25, 2013………The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday backed a Florida landowner in a nearly two-decade dispute about developing…
Restrictions Lifted for Asian Citrus Psyllid in Tulare
…163 square miles, each area with a five-mile radius surrounding the sites where the insects were found. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS),…
Time to Nominate for Local FSA Committees
Eligible producers can soon nominate candidates for election to local Farm Service Agency County Committees. Rod Bain has the details. Click to open or download audio report….
Field Day for Cotton Growers
…that works with cotton, almond, and alfalfa growers in Fresno, Madera and Merced counties,” she said. “Our funding is through the State Water Resources Control Board. So we are working…
No-Till Cotton Production
…management, using crop covers, and water conservation at a field day in Western Fresno. Cropping systems specialist with the University of California, Dr. Jeffrey Mitchell organized the event and shared…
Closer Look at Bee Health Decline
…bee decline showed there are many factors involved. And USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki says a tiny pest is a big part of the problem. A natural pest to…
Field Days Coming Up
…on Thursday near Dos Palos, in Fresno County. It’s organized by the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center, and is a a two-stop field tour of innovative and cost-cutting no-till cotton…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…a legal, workable way for farm workers to enter our country. If we do not have to waste resources locking up lettuce harvesters, we can focus on keeping those with…
AFBF Statement on House Farm Bill
…proved thoughtful in their efforts to reform our nation’s farm law, from significant changes in how commodity programs are structured to streamlining in other aspects, such as conservation programs. The…
Opening Statement of Chair. Frank D. Lucas Committee on Agriculture To Consider the 2013 Farm Bill
…their risk better with it. The Conservation Title, which is extremely important to me since my days as chairman of that subcommittee, is reformed to reduce overlapping programs and streamline…
Farm Bill Markups
…cut from nutrition assistance, and $6.9 billion cut from conservation. Some programs did make it through, not only without cuts, but with increases. That includes disaster aid and crop insurance….