…But still, market experts felt 2017 would be a better year than 2016. Now all of this optimism is based on what I have already mentioned. Stock, current market levels,…
New Protections For Immigrant Workers on Horizon
A California legislative committee recently amended a proposed bill that will define the individual rights of immigrant workers while on the job. The Immigration Worker Protection Act (AB 450) would…
Agri View: Who Invented the Cotton Gin?
…didn’t have Eli Whitney’s invention? The cotton gin. Wait for a minute. Did Whitney actually invent the cotton gin? Well, he received a patent in the late 1700’s. Before patents…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…reliable workforce, spur innovation and technology development, and roll back regulations to allow communities to grow and thrive. By directly engaging stakeholders to develop an action plan for legislative reforms…
Almond Matters: The Heat Brings Mites
…with those products, like Zeal from Valent, that the leaves aren’t leathery so that they can penetrate and go through.” Lopez added that contact miticides are better later in the…
Almond Board: Cover Crop Workshop
…healthier bees resulting in better pollination and increased crop yields. We have personal relationships with the nation’s commercial beekeepers and with the top bee scientists in the country. We fund…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…notified Congress that it plans to proceed with renegotiating the 24-year-old trade pact. NMPF will be actively engaged in this process through the submission of recommendations on the priorities of…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
…a list of CPOs and CIOs, contact Shethir M. Riva, Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Va., 22406, telephone (540)…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011, established a risk-based approach to regulating food safety. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate…
Dairy Groups Pledge to Work with Trump Administration on NAFTA Modernization
…of such great importance to all of our nations that we need to devote the time and effort to make it better,” said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…19. (NPPC in late March submitted comments in opposition to the broader Farmer Fair Practices Rules.) The interim final rule would broaden the scope of the Packers and Stockyards Act…
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…5,500 schools and 2 million students. This money will support a wide range of activities from training, planning, and developing partnerships to creating new menu items, establishing supply chains for…
Senate Committee to Consider E-15 Waiver Legislation
…and Public Works Committee announced the hearing set for Wednesday, June 14th. The hearing focuses on the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, introduced in March by Nebraska Republican Senator…
Almond Board: Food Safety Symposium
…report: From the Almond Board: Several presentations in the upcoming Almond Board of California (ABC) Food Quality and Safety Symposium will address issues related to the Food Safety Modernization Act…