…part of a team of UC and United States Department of Agriculture researchers, who are working with a five million dollar grant on a project called the Pacific Area-Wide Pest…
Desalination, Water Purification Research Projects Funded
…challenges.” The funding was provided through Reclamation’s Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. Through this program, Reclamation works in partnership with entities to develop more cost-effective and efficient ways to…
Trade Partnership Negotiations Underway
The first round of the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations included several issues pertaining to agriculture. Rod Bain has details. Click to open or download audio report…
Supreme Court Sides With Florida Landowner In Permit Fight
…and justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, dissented. Paul J. Beard, a Pacific Legal Foundation attorney who represented Koontz’s son, Coy Jr., in the case, praised the…
Big Mite Problem This Year in Some Areas
…mites, and spray early is a problem is suspected. For more of Mattock’s comments, click the links below. Pacific mites in almonds Chemical shortage problem More on chemical shortage problem…
Paramount Introduces “Wonderful Halos”
…to Sun Pacific when the two citrus companies dissolved their nearly 10-year partnership recently. Sun Pacific will keep selling Cuties, and you’ll see Paramount’s Wonderful Halos hit shelves in November….
Possible New Entry in Trans-Pacific Partnership
The potential entry of one of the United State’s biggest trading partners into the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations next month could be huge for some agricultural exports. Cindy Zimmerman has the…
Paramount, Sun Pacific Splitting
Paramount Citrus and Sun Pacific are ending their decade-long partnership, and Sun Pacific will get keep the rights to the popular Cuties brand. Paramount will continue to sell the easy-to-peel…
AFBF Statement on Judiciary Passage of Senate Immigration Bill
…the workers who show up every day and work in partnership with our nation’s farm and ranch families to tend our crops and livestock. Agricultural labor reform is not about…
Foster Farms Gets Humane Certification
…in California’s Central Valley and has ranches in the Pacific Northwest. Foster Farms CEO Rob Foster says it’s a genuine milestone for the company and a meaningful sign of progress….
CA Man New President of Cotton Council
…a Leary, Ga., cotton producer, who is now CCI board chairman. “CCI, in partnership with U.S. and foreign counterparts, actively engages the entire global cotton supply chain – from fiber…
Agriculture Tours Highlight of World Ag Expo
…located south of Tulare. Another tour today – the Fresno Wine Tour, which stops at four popular Fresno County Wineries. There’s also the tour of Sun Pacific Packing & Historic…
Ag Warriors Connects Veterans to Ag Industry
…career opportunities in the agriculture industry. Interns will shadow sales teams, help with booth setup and tear down, give site tours and help staff exhibit space. In partnership with College…
Pistachio Research Helps Growers’ Profits
…other problems with science based solutions. The search is now on to fill the position… a position that is a new kind of partnership between industry and government… There are…