…Record-low hay and oat plantings are also expected. During the 2015 crop year, California farmland acres fallowed due to drought and unreliable surface water supplies were estimated at about 600,000,…
Theft Reported While Industry Trained
…investigation. Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) with help from American Pistachio Growers held a tree nut theft training seminar last week. Organizers say the training workshop came to fruition after…
Teens Snacks
…American Public Health Association, and The American Society Nutrition. She serves on the Research Group for the American Dietetic Association. Project Summary (from Dr. Gustafson) The objective of this project…
FSA Reaching Farmers and Ranchers
FSA Administrator Val Dolcini Introducing Bridges to Opportunities Dolcini The Farm Service Agency offers American farmers and ranchers ways to solve problems and succeed with their businesses, including ways to…
Lawsuit Challenges Metropolitan Water District’s Purchase of Delta Islands
…of complete exemption from environmental review for the proposed purchase of 20,000 acres of Delta islands and farmland is illegal and unjustified. The lawsuit, to be filed in San Joaquin…
Insight from Johnsongrass Mapping
…continent except Antarctica. It was introduced to the U.S. in the 1800s as a forage crop, but it quickly spread into surrounding farmland and natural environments, where it continues to…
Save the Bees
…That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Save the Honeybees From: American Farmland Trust Save the Bees by Kirsten Ferguson, Senior Writer & Editor at American Farmland Trust We…
Agri View: Egg Prices
…egg products being available for food service use,” John Howeth, executive vice president of the American Egg Board, an industry trade group, said in a statement. “And barring any further…
Farms Face Increased Financial Pressure, FB President Tells Ag Subcommittee
Farmers are feeling the pain of the continued slump in commodity prices, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall told Congress today. Lower prices will affect income for all farmers…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…become the first American winery to use the innovative, closed-loop biological wastewater treatment system to process 100% of its winery wastewater. Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship Award
…Agri-Culture announced a partnership with American AgCredit. The recipient of the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship also receives an additional $2,000 award from the American AgCredit Scholarship Program. This brings the…
USDA Expands Safety-Net for Dairy Operations
…American agriculture, an industry that supports one in 11 American jobs, provides American consumers with more than 80 percent of the food we consume, ensures that Americans spend less of…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…regard to imports of American goods up range. “Companies specializing in agriculture in the US western states keen to enter the Vietnamese market and increase exports to Vietnam through agreements…
North American Producers Committed
North American Producers Committed To Responsible Pork Production North American pork producer leaders meeting last week in Whistler, British Columbia, confirmed their industry’s common focus on producing nutritious, sustainable and…