…taxpayer dollars on imported Chinese canned fruit. “Our organizations are deeply concerned that the Buy America Act requirements of the National School Lunch Act are not being adequately monitored and…
COOL Update: NFU on Voluntary Labeling
…on the WTO’s tariff decision: The World Trade Organization has set the retaliation amount Canada and Mexico can place on American products in retaliation for the U.S. Country of Origin…
U.S. Cotton Sector Facing Difficult Economic Conditions
…is “actively engaged” in a farming operation and eligible to participate in farm programs. He urged the subcommittee “to work closely with USDA to ensure any changes to ‘actively engaged’…
Farming Simulator
…of the most famous manufacturers. In multiplayer mode, invite up to 15 friends to help you develop your farm. Thanks to an active and passionate community, you can benefit from…
Boundary Lines Complicate Groundwater Management
…in groundwater basins. California Groundwater Website For the first time in California history, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) empowers local agencies to adopt groundwater management plans that are tailored…
New Pig Breed Resistant to Deadly Disease
…industry hundreds of millions of dollars from this incurable disease. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs that contract the disease…
Pistachio Production Lowest Since 2008
…American Pistachio Growers Executive Director Richard Matoian says the blanking issue hit the pistachio industry this year hard. He says it was an alternate bearing year anyways for the industry…
Avocado: Healthy Fats
A survey by the Hass Avocado Board reveals that 25-percent of American consumers’ do not understand the difference between good and bad dietary fats. The same percentage of respondents admitted…
Agri View: Tree Phenomenon
Trees. Not many people see trees as an American crop. America grows more trees than any other country. America supplies more wood for building than anywhere else. We plant two…
Sonoma County Woman Wins Farm Bureau Discussion Meet
…Discussion Meet to be held next month at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship
…Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund and a $2,000 contribution from American AgCredit. To be eligible for the scholarships, students must live in Santa Cruz County or within the Pajaro Valley Unified…
National Milk Producers Federation on WTO COOL Tariffs
…NMPF members are encouraged to contact their Capitol Hill representatives, stressing the importance of a fix as soon as possible in order to avoid the imposition of retaliatory tariffs on…
NCBA on WTO COOL Tariffs
…immediate action is needed by the Senate or retaliation against U.S. exports will soon follow. “The WTO today ruled that the U.S. COOL rule has cost Canadian and Mexican livestock…
National Pork Producers Council on Tariff Announcement
…today’s decision by the World Trade Organization setting the retaliation amount Canada and Mexico can place on American products in response to the U.S. COOL law, the National Pork Producers…