…addressing expired tax extenders. NCBA President Philip Ellis of Chugwater, Wyo., said it is critical to address expired tax provisions for long-term business planning. “Farmers and ranchers like myself rely…
FDA Issues FSMA Produce Safety, FSVP and Third-Party Accreditation Rules
We spoke with Dr. Jim Gorny, PMA vice president of food safety and technology, about the FDA’s release of three final rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act and…
California Pistachio Growers Get Water Information
California pistachio growers got important information about Sustainable Groundwater Management Act preparedness at an industry lunch Monday by Horizon Nut Company. Sabrina Hill reports. Horizon Nut Event on Water Horizon…
FDA issues FSMA Produce Safety, FSVP and Third-Party Accreditation rules
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released three final rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): the Produce Safety Rule, Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Rule…
Almond Board: FSMA Update
In today’s Almond Update, we get information about the Food Safety Modernization Act. Almond Board: FSMA Update…
Good News for Pistachio Growers
…Walnut seminar tracts at the South Valley Nut Conference. Growers listened to industry updates from Almond Board CEO Richard Waycott, American Pistachio Growers Executive Director Richard Matoian and the California…
Agri View: Feeding the World
The American farmer is highly respected throughout the world, generally speaking. Everett Griner talks about what the term “feeding the world” means to you in today’s Agri View. Feeding the…
Agriculture Well Represented at Water Conference
…the state and of course a lot of talk was focused around the legal side of the sustainable groundwater management act. Fresno County Farm Bureau Board Member Daniel Hartwig says…
Livestock Health and Need for Antibiotics
…of industry relations for NPPC. Hockman says American pig farmers have always been dedicated to raising healthy animals to ensure a safe food supply. He says farmers strategies includes using…
Statement from Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
…economic activity, and support higher-paying American jobs. I encourage our farmers and ranchers to take a look at what’s in the deal for them, and I hope that after a…
Senate Passes Resolution to Withdraw WOTUS Rule
…it would give EPA jurisdiction over millions of acres of state and private property. Without action by Congress and the President to withdraw this rule; producers, stakeholders and states will…
Almond Board: Groundwater Recharge Project
…potential of underground aquifers to increase water storage and available water supplies. At the same time, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, passed in fall 2014, will lead to the development…
WOTUS Update: NCBA,PLC Urge Senate Support for Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Today the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council sent a letter urging the Senate to vote for S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation…
Statement on the Closure of the Comment Period for the Cali. Waterfix Environmental Impact Review
With closure of the public comment period for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)/California WaterFix’s Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Review (EIR) documents, the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority,…