…can be found at www.dontpackapest.com. Steve Adler is associate editor of Ag Alert. He may be contacted at sadler@cfbf.com. Permission for use is granted by the California Farm Bureau Federation….
San Francisco Enacting Law to Require Stores to Report Antibiotics Use in Livestock
…The San Francisco Examiner reports that the order by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors wants the grocery chains to collect the information and provide annual reports to the city’s…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…details regarding ARC and PLC programs, go to www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. For more information about CRP, contact your local FSA office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov/crp. To locate your local FSA office, visit https://offices.usda.gov….
Trump on KORUS to Lighthizer: Call Me a “Crazy Guy”
Online source Axios reports that President Donald Trump told U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to portray him as a “crazy guy” during the upcoming U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement meeting. South…
Water Board OKs Hike in Water Quality Fees
…that is above the costs they are incurring for compliance with the General Ag Order issued by our region.” “We want to guard against a change to create what others…
Mexico Says U.S. Proposals Would Threaten Free Ag Trade
Pan Am Post Dot Com says the U.S. will be putting forth controversial proposals during the next round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. The U.S. will allegedly be…
Western View: How to Donate for Hurricane Relief
…directly to disaster relief efforts. text CCUSADISASTER to 71777 or visit www.catholiccharitiesusa.org to donate. Another hardworking group is Samaritan’s Purse. They airlifted generators, food, and more for many thousands of…
“i5k” is for Insects
…Agricultural Library (NAL) built the “i5k Workspace@NAL,” which provides an online “toolshed” in which researchers work cooperatively to sequence genomes. It ensures wide access to data in a place that…
Almond Board: Seeds for Bees
…to provide floral diversity prior to and following almond bloom in California for the nearly 1.8 million colonies that come to pollinate the 2017 almond crop. Just like humans, honey…
Tomato Crop Coming in Lighter than Expected
…and research is underway to differentiate among them, he added. Southern blight—scientific name Sclerotium rolfsii—has been a prominent issue as well, with reports coming in from the Sacramento and Central…
Farm Policy Facts Study Addresses Heritage Foundation Suggestions
…wheat, corn and cotton farmers when all costs are considered, profit less than 30 percent of the time. The study is available at www.farmpolicyfacts.org. From the National Association of Farm…
Countdown to Census: What You Need To Know
…of Agriculture. Producers can mail in their completed census form, or respond online via the improved web questionnaire. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has extensively revised…
Census of Agriculture to Start Soon
…forms in eight weeks. Producers can mail in their completed census form, or respond online. Conducted once every five years, the census of agriculture is a complete count of all…
2017 California Prune Harvest Returns to Typical Levels
…all of the U.S. supply. The French prune variety accounts for virtually all of the dried plum acreage grown in California. For more information about California prunes, please visit www.CaliforniaDriedPlums.org….