U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committees have each released a 2024 Farm Bill overview on Wednesday. Senate Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow presented the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, a comprehensive…
Farm Bureau Highlights ‘Tsunami of New Rules’ from Department of Labor
…rule will provide new protections for worker self-advocacy, clarify “for cause” termination, and ensure employer accountability. However, the rule has raised concerns about adding additional complexity to the H-2A program….
USDA Seeks to Reduce Chicken-Related Salmonella Outbreaks
…control Salmonella in these products. If the chicken component in these products does not meet this standard, the product lot represented by the sampled component would not be permitted to be used…
Almond Update: ‘Own Your Prime’ Campaign Outperforms Expectations
…on national and cable TV, social media, and other outreach channels. Marin said that the partnership with Coach Prime has generated about 400 percent more high-profile media coverage when compared…
Gov. Experts Say U. S. Milk Supply Safe Despite Trace Amounts of Inactive Bird Flu
…of the virus after pasteurization, because pasteurization is not sterilization. It doesn’t necessarily remove every evidence of a virus. But what it does is, it kills the capacity of the…
Voices of the Valley: The Nuts and Bolts of Almonds with Stuart Woolf, President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing
…Growers Communications Managers Michelle Rivera and Kara Timmins to talk about the wonderful world of almonds! This episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast is brought to you today…
USDA Confirms Cow-to-Cow Transmission of HPAI in Dairy Outbreak
…determined is the safety of food products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has stated that the “commercial milk supply is safe because of both the pasteurization process and that…
Voices of the Valley: Megan Kavanaugh from Bio S.I. Talks About the Amazing World That Exists in the Soil
…Kara Timmins, Communications Manager. This episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast is brought to you today by the Western Growers Association. Supporting producers that grow the best medicine…
Farm Bureau Increases Top Prize for Ag Innovators
…in funding for their business,” he said. “Really the decision to double the prize comes from the realization that everyday entrepreneurs are working to address the challenges facing the agriculture…
2024 Congressional Specialty Crop Caucus Formed
…because I’m a national security person by training, I put those lenses on when I look at my work on the Ag Committee and our work on this caucus,” she…
AgNet News Hour, Monday, 04-15-24
…year, plus we hear about California’s Card Check law. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes… Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent…
Fungicide Resistance Management Minute
…to make it count. Because of increased costs and the decrease in prices for a variety of ag commodities which include wine grapes, walnuts or almonds, they’re really watching their…
AgNet Weekly: Rep. Austin Scott on Legislative Issues
…also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture. https://feed.podbean.com/AgNetWeekly/feed.xml Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc. Sabrina Halvorson is…
FARMER Act Introduced to Help Agriculture and Beyond
New legislation aims to improve risk management in agriculture and supporters say it goes beyond the farm. Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking…