…various ways the almond industry can help meet the California Central Valley’s exacting air quality standards. This initiative will identify alternatives that will result in cleaner air for all those…
TPP Report on Impacts to Agriculture
…ensure these standards are properly applied. #3: High-Standard Rules. TPP includes a host of other provisions that ensure the region’s agricultural standards are raised and that American producers can fairly…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…pasture or range for their entire lives, and managed according to the highest welfare and environmental standards on an independent family farm. Fouch Farm is the third farming business in…
Ron Craft to Lead National Cotton Ginners Association
…Economic Policy and Cotton Flow committees and on its Quality Task Force. Also announced at NCGA’s annual meeting was that Louis Colombini, manager of the Westside Farmers Coop Gins in…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
…additional children access to more nutritious meals by providing schools with the funds to purchase additional equipment to help them meet updated national nutrition standards, and serve healthy meals with…
Syngenta, ChemChina Deal Looks Imminent
…maintaining the highest governance standards with a view to an IPO of the business in the years to come. Michel Demaré, Chairman of Syngenta, said: “In making this offer, ChemChina…
Agri View: Agriculture Future
…create new opportunities for a steady flow of young people. “We’ve got a quarter of the population that will be migrating out in the next number of years, so it’s…
Almond Board: New Incentive to Reduce Dust
…state failing to meet federal ambient air quality standards for one or more air pollutants. The new cleaner harvest technology joins a list of other on-farm air quality options for…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…harmonize national standards with Codex standards. If trading partners have the same or similar mechanisms for the safety assessment of GM foods, the possibility that one product is approved in…
Agri View: Organic Food Scammers
…grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your local…
American Farm Bureau Expresses Support for Senate Child Nutrition Legislation Goals
…support for provisions allowing schools to transition to the program standards under the hardship exemption and emphasized support for the “Buy American” provision of the federal school lunch program. Read…
Agri View: Bad Economic Year
…jobs that ultimately generate more cash flow in rural economies and support local businesses on main street. “Thanks to its ability to remain competitive through thick and thin, American agriculture…
Runoff Forecasts Encouraging for Western US
…Forecasts USDA’s first Western Spring & Summer stream flow forecast for 2016 is out and according to meteorologist Brad Rippey, “That kind of reiterate the fact we had this great…
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
…federal ambient air quality standards for one or more air pollutants. The new cleaner harvest technology joins a list of other on-farm air quality options for which NRCS provides technical…