…both bills. Due to the Urgency of Time please fax your letter to (916) 558-3160 or visit http://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php to voice concern on both bills. On the Governor’s “Contact” page, enter…
Agribusiness Management Conference Nov. 7th
…Conference at Fresno’s Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. The event is sponsored by Fresno State’s Center for Agricultural Business (CAB) and Bank of America in partnership with more than 20…
USDA Specialty Block Grant Program
To find out more about Specialty Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funds from the USDA, visit this website; http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/scbgp and click on Definition of Specialty Crops to view a comprehensive list…
California Video Shuts Down Slaughterhouse
…retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national Checkoff program,…
Animal Rights Activists vs Beef Checkoff
…Beef Checkoff Program. Specifically, OCM announced yesterday evening that it will file a lawsuit today seeking an injunction against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Cattlemen’s Beef Board…
Experts to Speak at Upcoming Field Days
…University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, discussing late-season consideration for insect and mite management in almonds. · David Doll, Merced County UC Cooperative Extension pomologist and author of…
Report Cites Big Health Benefits
…“metabolic syndrome,” in which obesity and inflammation lead to serious health issues. The lead researcher on the study is Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, AgriLife Research food scientist and an associate professor…
Walnut Twig Beetle Trapping Guidelines
…Seybold, insect chemical ecologist, USDA Forest Service, based at Pacific Southwest Research Station in Davis; Paul L. Dallara, postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Entomology at UC Davis; and…
AF36 Approved for Pistachios
…Pistachios. This has ben a long-term research program starting in 1991 when the USDA began a program called the Alflatoxin Elimination Working Group. Early funding for the AF36 research came…
FAACT Leadership Development Program
…is Friday, July 27. The FAACT Leadership Development Program provides community leaders with a comprehensive eight-month program highlighting specific issue areas in agriculture. Both agricultural and non-agricultural, community-minded people are…
2012 Farm Bill: Farmers Pursue Air Quality Pgm
…Farmers League urged the U.S. Senate on June 1 to retain a successful air quality program in new federal farm legislation. The program, which is not included in the version…
Western Ag Processors Meeting Set
…Meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 am with registration beginning at 8:00 am. Speakers will in-clude Jenny Scott from FDA’s Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Ed Hosoda from…
USDA’s MyPlate Celebrates First Anniversary
…to the dinner table as Americans embrace MyPlate and find practical ways to apply it to their daily lives.” USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) estimates that about…
Update Your Heat Illness Prevention Program
…prevention program includes the following updated safety standards that clarify shade and water requirements as well as high heat procedures: Access to Shade and Water • Whenever temperatures are predicted…
