…market access. The Administration remains committed to conducting the negotiations with timely and substantive results for America’s workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. The text of USTR Negotiating Objectives for NAFTA….
Chlorine Dioxide Pouches Can Make Produce Safer and Reduce Spoilage
…Pierce, Florida, worked with Worrell to develop the pouch idea and designed a polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) clamshell to house it. E. coli and other pathogens on produce surfaces can cause…
U.S. DDGS Exports Up 16 Percent To Southeast Asia
…programs like a recent engagement with KFC in Malaysia. This work throughout the region is helping end-users determine how best to incorporate U.S. DDGS into their rations and, combined with…
Agri View: Getting Food to the Needy
…is supposed to go. That is what SNAP and WIC are supposed to do. They work, but not for everybody. Especially in rural areas. That’s Agri View for today. I’m…
Urban Agriculture Conservation Grants Awarded
…serving them,” Van Dyke continued. “Almost 70 percent of conservation districts are now involved in some form of urban and community conservation work. As a delivery system, and as a…
American Farm Bureau Lists Farm Bill Goals
…and Senate ag committees to ensure the next farm bill works for farmers, ranchers and all Americans.” In a letter, Duvall told the congressional ag committee chairmen, Sen. Pat Roberts…
Almond Board: Almond Crop Forecast
…of California: Based on 1 million bearing acres, the objective forecast for the 2017 crop is 2.25 billion meat pounds. Almond Board of California funds the annual forecast administered by…
Funding for Research on Plant-Biotic Interactions
…help plants thrive in the face of pest and environmental constraints, along with other challenges.” AFRI is America’s flagship competitive grants program for foundational and translational research, education, and extension…
Development of Technologies Vital for Specialty Crops
The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony from California growers on the significance of technology and innovation in the production of specialty crops. Wenger speaking to the House Agricultural Committee. Paul…
Grow Your Own Ginger
…to grow because it doesn’t require a lot of sunlight. If it’s kept in moist soil that’s properly drained the little rhizome will take care of the rest. This little…
ASTA Testifies before House Ag Committee on Plant Breeding Innovation, Farm Bill
Andrew W. “Andy” LaVigne American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) President & CEO Andrew W. LaVigne testified at a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing on the Farm Bill and innovation in…
Groundwater Planning Moves into Next Phase
…basins, the authority is working on a groundwater model to guide its plan. “We’ve received grant funds to work on a new model that is shareable that we can work…
Foods Harmful to Our Health
…comes from a substance which turns into cyanide when it comes into contact with acids in the human digestive system. Many legumes can cause mild gastrointestinal distress when undercooked. Kidney…
Western View: Ventura County
…just doesn’t compute that people grow food there. Well, they do. This is one of the prettiest places in the world to grow a lemon, and they do a fine…