Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour. On today’s show we learn more about how California Governor Gavin Newsom’s directive to the California Air Resources Board (CARB)…
ROAR Grant Supports Research to Protect California’s Strawberry Crop
Shutterstock image California, responsible for about 90% of the nation’s fresh strawberries, faces a significant threat from a new strain of the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae (Fof) fungus. The…
Update on Oregon Swine HPAI Case
DepositPhotos image The Agriculture Secretary Thursday provided more information on the case of a backyard swine in Oregon testing positive for a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Rod Bain…
Record Territory for U.S. Drought Monitor
Young corn growing in dry drought season Image by stevanovicigor/DepositPhotos The final U.S. Drought Monitor for October 2024 shows record or near-record drought coverage in the lower 48 states. Rod…
World Food Prize Laureates Receive Their Honor
Shutterstock image World Food Prize week in Iowa culminated in Thursday award of what is considered the “Nobel Prize of Agriculture” to two advocates of plant genetic diversity and global…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Export Trade
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Before 1720, most colonists in the mid-Atlantic region worked in small-scale farming operations and they paid for imported manufacturing…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 11-01-24
…We also have this week’s Almond Update, with a look at the upcoming Almond Conference. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes… Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc….
Wine Industry Faces Challenges Over Tariffs and Distribution Rules
…the World Agriculture Forum. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley and now divides her time between California and North Dakota. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook WordPress Sponsored Content Let’s…
Decline in California Farmland Values Raises Economic Concerns
Shutterstock image The California Farm Bureau reports a significant decline in San Joaquin Valley land values, attributed primarily to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). SGMA restricts groundwater pumping, which…
Two Developments on the Avian Influenza Front
DepositPhotos image Avian Influenza is in the news once again. Gary Crawford reports. Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt Ramsey November…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ethnicity in Early Agriculture
A View of Amish Harvesting There Corn Using Six Horses and Three Men as it was Done Years Ago on a Sunny Fall Day. DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with…
Upcoming Almond Conference Tackles Challenges with Unplanted Lands
The Almond Board of California’s upcoming Almond Conference will bring vital information and practical guidance to growers facing challenging decisions around land use due to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 10-31-24
…Council Member on the World Agriculture Forum. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley and now divides her time between California and North Dakota. Twitter LinkedIn Facebook WordPress…
Pilot Project Points to “Food for Opportunity”
DepositPhotos image A USDA pilot program focuses on incorporation non-traditional commodities into its McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Rod Bain has more. Sponsored Content Let’s Talk…