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Staying on Top of Truck and Bus Rule Requirements
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National Dairy Herd Information Scholarship Applications Open
…their area of specialty/interest, academic background, career plans, and other important information. Scholarship committee members will evaluate applicants based on overall interest as a veterinarian planning to work in dairy,…
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AgNet Weekly: Tomato Suspension Agreement Pt 1
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Coordination of Specialty Crop Industry Key to Having Needs Addressed
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Search for Speaker Another Delay for Farm Bill
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New Crop Insurance Program for Controlled Environments
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First HLB Detection in Ventura Prompts Quarantine
…in the county. CDFA, collaborating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner, is taking swift action. The HLB detection was made in an orange…
Conditions ‘Too Good’ for Fast Farm Bill
…Foundation online forum, Dr. Outlaw stressed that farm bills have a hard-fought history. “We’ve done this 90 plus years and they’ve never been easy. That’s the one thing I really…
Holstein Icon Honored Through New Youth Scholarship
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…varieties that encompass a huge breadth of diversity in the strawberry germplasm. That work will be done in collaboration with the UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Program,” Henry explained. “We’re very…
SPECIAL EPISODE AgNet Weekly: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Interview on Potential Shutdown
In this special early episode, host Sabrina Halvorson talks one-on-one with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the effects a government shutdown would have on farmers around the nation. Each…
Sesame Added To FDA Allergen Program
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