…if the weather is dry. The progress of the crop is up to the tree itself. It doesn’t mean a grower doesn’t have to work his trees. There is fertilizer….
Dairy Groups Ask for Original Oversight
…Shellfish Sanitation Conference or the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS). In a letter sent to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, NMPF and USDEC praised the commissioner’s commitment to “unlock…
Research Funding Recently Approved for Grapevine Viruses
…at Foundation Plant Services at UC Davis. The Wine Communications Group reports that the money will be used for six research projects related to Pierce’s Disease (PD), along with nine…
Agri View: Chicken Pickin’ Meat Processing Labor
…on by a migrant population. Labor comes and goes. It is almost adequate in the planning, growing, and harvesting seasons. It changes during the following months. Scientists showed us that…
Agri View: Use of Water on the Farm
…It causes a lot of people to complain. Farmers uses to much water. Think about what would happen if farmers stopped using it. There would be a lot of empty…
Dairy Farmers Have Until June 1 to Apply for Improved Safety Net under MPP
…by not submitting a form. For more information, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/dairy. Contact your local FSA county office to enroll in the program. To find your local FSA county office, visit https://www.farmers.gov/….
H-2A Agricultural Worker Visa Modernization Joint Cabinet Statement
…work every single day to deliver for us.” In keeping with that commitment, our Departments are working in coordination to propose streamlining, simplifying, and improving the H-2A temporary agricultural visa…
Aquatic Organism Passage, Rail Car Bridge
The tribal (Yurok) connection, donated work of Forest Service for geotechnical work and the Non-NRCS engineering make this an especially interesting story. Two 36-inch culverts with concrete paving collapsed in…
Japan, Russia, and Turkey Talk Potential Trade Retaliation
…Com article says those tariffs would up the total U.S. tariff bill around the world to $3.5 billion annually. The three countries recently notified the World Trade Organization of their…
Agri View: The Fight with Field Runoff
…control method. If not, the only thing that will work is different chemicals. Time will tell. The effort will continue however. Those farmers are working hard. So, we will see….
Funding Available for Agricultural Equipment Replacement
…funding allocated to the district because of the significant amount of agricultural activity and size of the population affected by emissions when compared to other districts. The remaining $27 million…
Tentative Next Steps for House Farm Bill
…funding, security and enforcement provisions, cuts to legal immigration, and a process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program recipients to obtain three-year renewals of their work permits. Scalise says,…
Farmers for Free Trade Suggestions on Improving China/U.S. Trade Relations
Farmers for Free Trade call the framework of a trade agreement between the U.S. and China as a good first step toward ending tensions that have hurt American agriculture. The…
Farmers Union Wants Immediate Action on E15 Waiver
…fuel supply. EPA has been actively working on allowing year-round use of E15 since October of 2017, plus, President Trump committed to allowing an E15 waiver earlier this year. However,…