…of more than 1,000 agriculture, business and food companies in urging the Senate to pass legislation that would create a uniform, federal system for labeling foods produced using biotechnology. NMPF…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for June 28
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More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
…be required before it can be used for agriculture or for drinking. Another concern the Stanford scientists uncovered is that oil and gas drilling activities are occurring directly into as…
ASTA Supports GMO Labeling Agreement
ASTA Supports Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on GMO Labeling The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) applauds Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for reaching a common sense food-labeling agreement….
Farm City Newsday Podcast for June 27
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Agri View: Growing Mushrooms
…grown in the U. S. are oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, both gourmet culinary mushrooms. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, eighteen million pounds of these tasty mushrooms were…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Ross traveled through Israel this week with a California delegation interested in adaptation strategies for climate change and drought…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for June 24
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Senate Biotechnology Compromise
Chairman Conaway’s Statement House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued a statement in response to the Senate’s recently reached deal…
Agricultural Imagery and Technology
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Acting Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a hearing to educate members about innovations in agricultural imagery…
Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee
…joint projects and collaboration. In addition to water and climate smart agriculture, he is interested in advancing aquaculture, the use of satellites and drones to improve agriculture, and agri-tourism. We…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
…in advance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) seventh annual Pollinator Week Festival, the USDA is announcing two initiatives in support of the President’s National Strategy to Promote the…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…potential of our agricultural data is not currently being realized because of management, storage, portability and delivery challenges,” said Joe Luck, Assistant Professor and Precision Agriculture Engineer at the University…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for June 23
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