…4084 A series of educational sessions focused on topics like trade in the global market, emerging floral trends, talent development, and leveraging data to enhance food safety. “Fresh Summit proves…
Big Data Brings Farmers New Rewards, New Risks
…said. AFBF has led the way in addressing big data concerns and recently joined with other industry players to produce a set of principles to govern data privacy and security….
The Western View : Internet of Things
…amongst themselves. These devices are operating independently with no knowledge of each other’s existence. All this data could be simplified and a person could achieve so much more if our…
Industry Leaders Back Recharge Project
…Conservation program. Sustainable Conservation is a non-profit that regularly works with growers and they will handle the data collection from landowners testing the practice. That data will then be analyzed…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…by PLC, and 1 percent by ARC-Individual. For data about other crops, as well as state-by-state program election results, final PLC price and payment data, and other program information including…
CDFA Grants Help Growers Upgrade Irrigation Systems
…evapotranspiration data, sensors buried in the ground at each block radio back soil moisture data for every four inches to a depth of four feet. The combination of the two…
Calif. Tests Show Low or No Pesticide Levels in Many Fruits and Vegetables
…about the DPR Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program to about 160 Mexican fruit and vegetable growers at workshops in Mexicali and Ensenada. The 2014 pesticide residue monitoring data is posted at:http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/residue/rsmonmnu.htm…
Federal Pesticide Changes Mirror California Rules
…two years and a copy given to employees and handlers on their request. Safety data sheets and application information must be displayed at a central location within 24 hours of…
Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…addresses trade barriers that pose disproportionate challenges to small businesses, such as high taxes, overly complex trade paperwork, corruption, customs “red tape,” restrictions on Internet data flows, weak logistics services…
UC Berkeley to Lead Study of Crop Drought Tolerance
…of large datasets, which will be shared via an open, online platform that will include methods and results. “Availability of this data in an open forum will enable comparative genomic…
Meat Price Reporting Bill Sent To President
…processors to report detailed price and sales data. The law requires packers to submit to USDA regional and national data on a daily and weekly basis for hogs and similar…
USDA Funds New Pilot Project
…pilot project. As part of the project, almond growers will track nutrient application data which can be used to quantify the reduction of greenhouse gases from their orchards and fields….
California’s FREP/WPHA Conference Comes to Seaside November 5-6, 2015
…advisers, and local, state and national governmental agency personnel. Presenters from academia, industry and agricultural consulting will provide general and technical information, current research data, and practical applications addressing statewide…
Sales from US Organic Farms up 72 Percent
…organic agriculture production. “Producers reported in the 2014 Organic Survey that they expect to expand U.S. organic production in the coming years, making the data even more important for policy…