Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s third quarter Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade. “The strong pace of…
Guava Fruit Fly Quarantine in Portion of Los Angeles County
…Agriculture, uses “male attractant” technique as the mainstay of its eradication effort for this invasive species. This approach has successfully eliminated dozens of fruit fly infestations from California. Trained workers…
Drone Demonstration at Elementary School
…drone technology to the Red Bank Elementary Gate class in Clovis. Instructor Robin Hillman has been teaching her gate students all year about the many different aspects of California agriculture….
EPA Finalizes Proposed ‘Waters of the US’ Rule
…a flawed rule would come from a flawed process. Not only did the EPA write the proposal expanding the reach of the Clean Water Act without input from agriculture, the…
The Western View: Label for GMO Foods
…nightmare for food producers – compliance would be difficult, if not impossible, and could stifle future development of GMO crops. And with local mandates, the risk of scary, inaccurate food…
Water Board Says More Rights Will be Curtailed Soon
…participate in the program may face enforcement of riparian curtailments later this year, though water officials said the risk of curtailment would not be any greater than it would have…
USDA Seeks Input from Growers About 2015 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, and Values
During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The…
DPR 2013 Air Monitoring Shows Most Pesticides Well Below Health Screening Levels
…significant increased health risk. (In Jan 2015 DPR took action to reduce exposures to chloropicrin). At one site (Shafter), the average 1-year concentration of 1,3-D detected was significantly less than…
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Socially-Disadvantaged Producers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications to provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups in rural areas. “These grants will…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review May 22
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, jobs for grads in ag, addressing…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Statement on Senate Passage of Trade Promotion Authority
Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement regarding Senate passage of Trade Promotion Authority legislation: “Today the Senate helped move America closer to securing responsible agreements that…
USDA Reminds Farmers to Certify Conservation Compliance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers to file a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification form (AD-1026) with their local USDA Service Center by June 1,…
Battling Food Safety Misinformation
Food safety experts say they are battling public misinformation problems like many others agriculture related groups. Battling Food Safety Misinformation UC Davis Extension Research Specialist Trevor Suslow says there is…
The Western View: The March Against Myths
…– and set agriculture and science back 20 years. The improvements that GMO modification have brought about in crop quality, production efficiency and flavor could all go away, out of…