…a region here. It’s the first data that I’ve seen for tillage and cover crops systems increasing soil organic matter. So when you’re talking about mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, carbon…
Opening Statement of Chair. Frank D. Lucas Committee on Agriculture To Consider the 2013 Farm Bill
…from circumventing the law to receive greater federal funding. We tighten restrictions to prevent lottery winners and traditional college students from participating in the program. We also reform farm programs….
Even Less Water for Central Valley Farmers
…Those losses are difficult to comprehend,” he said. More than 800,000 acre feet of water was lost from mid-December through the end of January due to pumping restrictions imposed under…
Natural Products Expo Features Foods
…The Natural Products Expo is one of the leading trade shows in the natural, organic and healthy products industry. Along with categories such as natural living and health and beauty,…
Birmingham’s Full Statement about Allocation
…across the Delta has been greatly hindered by restrictions imposed under the 2008 Biological Opinion protecting Delta smelt. Over the last 60 days, the CVP has lost over 300,000 acre…
Record Numbers for Beef, New Japan Regs
…expected to show more than $5 billion in export sales. And now, Japan announces it’s relaxing its trade restrictions for US beef. Starting Feb. 1, Japan will begin accepting beef…
Better Crop Protection With Mode Changes
We’ve kept you up-to-date on the citrus restrictions to battle the Asian citrus psyllid. Now we’ve talked with a specialist at DuPont Crop Protection about how growers of all types…
California Water Allocation for 2013
…water deliver was 65 percent of the requested amount. Even in especially wet years, the state has difficulty reaching higher allocation rates, due to restrictions enforced to protect endangered fish….
New Leadership Team for Ag Committee
…Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, and organic agriculture, research, education and extension, biotechnology and foreign agriculture…
Tulare County Citrus Restrictions Update
An update to the citrus restrictions in Tulare County. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report The CDFA has announced that movement of all citrus or…
Raw Milk Lawsuit Filed in Fresno
…Download Audio Report Organic Pastures, located in Fresno County, is the nation’s largest raw milk dairy. Owner Mark McAfee filed a lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration for…
Ag News Roundup
Sabrina Hill reports that California is big on Organic Food Purchase, and other news. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
U.S. EPA Honors Dixon Ridge Farms
…Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld today recognized Dixon Ridge Farms in a Winters, Calif. environmental award ceremony. The Pacific Southwest Region’s 2012 Sustainable Agricultural Champion Award was presented to the organic…
AF36 Approved for Pistachios
…California. “We are enhancing the populations out in the field, which means we are reducing the number of toxigenic strains, explained Klein. The fungi primarily live on dead organic matter….