…data available). The federal government is aggressively fighting SNAP trafficking. USDA and the Obama administration are actively working on behalf of American taxpayers to protect the federal investment in the…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
Imported vegetables is affecting our American farmers. Everett Griner talks about why foreign grown vegetables threaten our producers. Everett Griner talks about why foreign grown vegetables threaten our producers. Foreign…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
This year marks the start of reporting of nitrogen applications from the previous year. Under the revised Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, all growers on irrigated farmland in the Central Valley…
National Beer Day
…oldest prepared beverages, beer. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. National Beer Day From: Beer Institute Beer & American History Beer was in America long before the first…
Agri View: Farmland Value
Everett Griner talks about the latest trend on farmland value in today’s Agri View. Farmland Value From: USDA Economic Research Service Trends in U.S. Farmland Values and Ownership Cynthia Nickerson,…
Funding for Veterinary Loan Repayment
…designated veterinary shortage situation. Loan repayment benefits are limited to payments of the principal and interest on government and commercial loans received while attending an American Veterinary Medical Association-accredited college…
Local Food Market
…from nearby farms is a healthy move. A review of 16 studies in the March 2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that farmers markets have the potential to…
Agri View: El Niño
…period shown is March—May 2016, “MAM”; the last is December 2016—February 2017. Model data from the North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME). Climate.gov figure. Click for large image. There are two…
Record Growth in U.S. Organic Producers
…around the world. “Organic food is one of the fasting growing segments of American agriculture,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “As consumer demand for organic products continues to grow, the…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…were expecting to seed 165 thousand acres of American Pima cotton in 2016, up 41 percent from last year. Hay, All – California producers intend to harvest hay from 1.16…
Response to CVP Water Allocation Announcement
…consumer. Jobs and farmland will continue to be eliminated and the safest food supply grown in our nation will be compromised as local farming operations are outsourced to foreign soil….
Vilsack to Travel to Germany and France
Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel to Berlin and Paris next week to discuss areas of mutual interest between the European and American agricultural sectors. In Berlin, Vilsack will…
The Western View: Fake Science
…from a New York University have created a blight resistant GMO Chestnut tree – American chestnuts have been all but wiped out from a blight. In China, researchers with with…
Agri View: Farm-Raised
…took this action to protect American consumers from unsafe residues detected in these products. There have been no reports of illnesses to date. FDA is taking this strong step now…