Northery The nomination of Bill Northey to a top Department of Agriculture post remains on hold following a White House meeting on the Renewable Fuels Standard. The meeting, requested by…
Tips to Keep Holiday Food Safe at Home or When Traveling
…thing that does not change is that food is always part of the celebration. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is here to share…
Register for Inaugural California Coffee Summit
The Huntley College of Agriculture is hosting the Inaugural California Coffee Summit on Thursday, January 18 at the AgriScapes Conference Center at Cal Poly Pomona. Domestic coffee production has typically…
Farm City Newsday, Thursday, 12-14-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
Canada and Mexico Working to Strengthen Trade Ties
…in Mexico City with the Mexican officials, including the President and Secretary of Agriculture. The visit was part of a larger Canadian effort to expand its international agricultural trade to…
Lighthizer defends U.S. Ag in WTO Meeting
U.S. Wheat Associates publicly thanked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer for his work defending U.S. agriculture against attempts to weaken the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on domestic support in…
Conaway Ready For Farm Bill Work
…“I don’t anticipate significant changes to Title 1, but there will be changes in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and the Price Loss Coverage programs,” he said. “We want cotton growers…
House Agriculture Committee Launches Farm Bill Landing Page
Ahead of the 2018 Farm Bill, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) today announced the launch of a new online resource which can be accessed through the committee’s…
Legislators Educated During California Healthy Soils Week
…said. The discussion panels also featured University of California Cooperative Extension advisors, as well as United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel and multiple farmers engaged in…
Secretary Perdue Welcomes WTO Statement on MRLs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement in response to the joint statement on pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs) signed at the 11th World Trade Organization (WTO)…
Bringing Space Technology to Water Needs in California Vineyards
…the model greater precision and enables researchers to better evaluate vine stress, says Kustas. Known as precision agriculture, the approach is helping the E. & J. Gallo Winery cut water…
Farm City Newsday, Wednesday, 12-13-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
USDA Predicts Less Corn in Storage in Latest WASDE
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released Tuesday by the Department of Agriculture predicts lower corn stocks. USDA predicts that about 2.43 billion bushels of corn…
Senate Ag Committee Approves Vaden as USDA General Counsel
Vaden Despite concerns, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the nomination of Stephen Vaden as the Department of Agriculture’s general counsel this week. The nomination moves on to the full Senate…