California gets $18 million from federal program for farmworker housing The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $26 million to help provide safe and sanitary housing for farmworkers in nine…
Farming and Ranching Pioneers Honored
…agriculture – Ag operations in business for 100 years or more. The Ag Heritage tradition dates back to the 1940’s, beginning as a 100-year club and expanding its horizons as…
Humane Handling of Veal Calves
USDA Announces Changes to Improve Humane Handling of Veal Calves The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced changes to improve humane handling inspections at…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. For additional information or an explanation of the calculations used in the studies, contact the UC Agricultural Issues Center at (530) 752-4651 or Jeremy…
Cargill Selling Texas Feedlot Businesses
…will purchase Cargill’s agriculture retail business in the United States. John Keating, president of Cargill’s beef business, says selling the feed yards in the Texas Panhandle allows the company to…
Smelt Plan Calls for More Water Release
…to Conceptual Models: The CMs suggest that seasonally augmented outflows could affect two Environmental Drivers: Turbidity and Hydrology. Habitat Attributes that could be affected include Predation Risk, Harmful Algal Blooms,…
Partnership Keeps Pressure on Nut Cargo Theft
…in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other fields. Around the world, Verisk Analytics helps customers protect people, property,…
Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on Agriculture
NIFA Announces $8.4 Million in Funding to Address Climate Change Impact on US Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability…
CA Welcomes Farmers Market Proclamation
California welcomes proclamation of National Farmers Market Week in August by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Farmers Market in San Francisco, California Tom Vilsack recently signed…
McCarthy: House Will Consider GMO Labeling Bill This Week
…Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas and ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, but the bill is technically an amendment to a House bill. House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike…
Commodity Carnival
…agricultural economics and managing risk as they go about feeding the world.” “The Commodity Carnival and Risk Ranch are invaluable tools for teaching youth everywhere key lessons on agriculture, business…
Industry Groups Urging House to Consider GMO Labeling
…town.” Roberts called the compromise bill between him and Senator Debbie Stabenow the most important vote for agriculture in the last 20 years. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Strong May Results for U.S. Beef, Pork Exports
…Department of Agriculture last week show exports of both pork and beef reached their highest point of the year in May. May beef export volume increased 12 percent from a…
MAIZALL, USTR Urge Cooperation on Biotech Trade
U.S. farmer-leaders of MAIZALL, the international maize alliance, urged global cooperation on biotech trade at last week’s Global Agribusiness Forum in Brazil. The farmers called on the agriculture sectors and…