With the 2014 Agricultural Act in full effect and a new Farm Bill debate on the horizon, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is conducting a survey of family farmers and…
Food Price Survey
…farmer’s share of this $53.28 marketbasket would be $8.52. AFBF, the nation’s largest general farm organization, began conducting informal quarterly marketbasket surveys of retail food price trends in 1989. The…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 29
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Agreement to Raise California’s Minimum Wage Announced
…for inflation as measured by the national Consumer Price Index. This plan also phases in sick leave for In-Home Supportive Services workers starting in July 2018. Governor Brown signed AB…
CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains
Although California continues to cope with some of the Nation’s most compromised air quality, farmers continued to reduce emissions from their operations in 2015. During 2015, California’s farmers, working with…
Challenges With ILRP Reporting
…Reporting The East San Joaquin County Water Quality Coalition has an April 1 deadline to submit nitrogen reporting for the ILRP. Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Executive Director Wayne Zipser says…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 28
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Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 28
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Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 25
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Agri View: New Cash Crop
…crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term cash crop is applied exclusively to the agricultural…
Napa’s New Winery Compliance Rules Preceding Strict Enforcement
…County enforces code compliance. The Board still needs to formally approve the specifics, but staff anticipates the new three-phase program would go into effect in early 2018. Phase One: This…
First Group Testing ILRP Nitrogen Reporting
…San Joaquin County Water Quality Coalition will be the guinea pig, so to speak, for nitrogen reporting with the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP). Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Executive Director…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 24
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Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…Farming in America Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: The inventions that stand out in the history of farming and farm machinery. By Sam Moore Here are what (Sam Moore) considers to…