…agricultural economics, agricultural industries, forestry, irrigation and rural sociology courses. Increasing the global reach of the Jordan College was a key point in the 2014 campus report by the President’s…
USDA Commits $2.5 Million to Expand New Farmer Education
…Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency programs that can provide financial, disaster or technical assistance to the agricultural community. She spoke with AgNet West before the official announcement Tuesday…
California’s FREP/WPHA Conference Comes to Seaside November 5-6, 2015
…those materials in consideration of existing environmental issues. The content is geared toward a wide range of agriculturalists, including agricultural supply and service consultants, growers, university extension specialists, certified crop…
American Agri-Women Finishing Drive Across America as Part of 40th Anniversary Celebration
…state’s corn and wheat farmers. Freestyle Productions is a full-service event production company that produces dynamic videos, webcasts, events and more. Sunrise Agricultural Associates is global network of agricultural, legal…
NRCS Partners in California Receive $2.7 Million for Conservation Innovations
…through a separate nationwide CIG program that will benefit California projects as well. NRCS administers both programs to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative approaches and technologies on agricultural…
Commentary: FDA Overreaches with New Food-Safety Regulations
…stipulates that regulations should be prioritized for “specific fruits and vegetables that are raw agricultural commodities based on known risks which may include a history and severity of foodborne illness…
Water Cuts Threaten Rice Field Bird Habitat
…rice ground, he said, noting that those fields provide “an important food source for the birds.” Hanging over everything, Biddlecomb said, is the long-term outlook. “If farmers give up creating…
Sales from US Organic Farms up 72 Percent
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2014 Organic Survey, which show that 14,093 certified and exempt organic farms in the…
2015-2016 Blue Jacket Bonanza Program
…Farm Bureau at is a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary membership California Corporation whose purpose is to protect and promote agricultural interests throughout Yuba and Sutter counties, by representing over 1,250 local…
California Milk Marketing Order Hearing Next Week
…proposals from interested parties, some that include certain milk pricing and pooling provisions not found in current Federal milk orders. Anne Alonzo, Administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, tells House…
NCF Accepting Applications for Beef Industry Scholarship
…risk management to the beef industry,” said Tim Andriesen, CME Group Managing Director of Agricultural Commodities. “For more than 25 years, NCBA has been a key partner in advancing risk…
HM.CLAUSE Vegetable Seeds Celebrates 50 Years of Research in France
…seed industry itself. The celebration at the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence facility this week included numerous media from throughout France, along with a couple of agricultural media representatives from the United States whose…
Navel Crop Estimated Large, Might Miss Target
The Cooperative Agricultural Support Services (CASS) 2015-16 California Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report released on September 11, 2015, forecasts the upcoming navel crop to be 86 million, 40-pound cartons. Eighty-three…
State Pear Growers Report Quality Crop
…market has been very good on fresh pears. We should be equal or better than the cannery price,” said Jerry Colombini, Rivermaid agricultural field representative. “Our guys did good last…