…Amazon, Walmart, and others, to pay a 100 percent tax on government benefits to their employees, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a significant portion of the farm bill. Amazon…
Top Ag Lawmakers Meet Ahead of Farm Bill Conference
…The committee faces the task of merging the two versions of the bills, including the controversial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Environmental Groups Seek Clean Water Language in Farm Bill
…of cancers. Much of the provisions in the letter pertain to the Department of Agriculture’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The letter seeks several reforms under the conservation title of the…
Almond Update: Teeing It Up for FFA
The Almond Board of California’s 2018 Almond Leadership Program team will be teeing it up to help raise funds for California Future Farmers of America. Traditionally, the leadership team holds…
Webpage Highlighting Resources to Bridge the Broadband e-Connectivity Infrastructure Gap
…our decades-long programs that offer more than $700 million per year for modern broadband e-Connectivity in rural communities. In the coming months, USDA will almost double these longstanding programs with…
Senator Sanders Wants Big Companies to Pay for SNAP
…cover the costs of food stamps, public housing and Medicaid, among other federal assistance program received by their employees. The Senator specifically mentioned companies such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds….
Food Safety Professionals Ensure that “What’s in Your Meat” is Safe and Wholesome
…highlights as a failure of the sampling program. However, FSIS’ program is designed to identify positives to prevent the meat from going to your grocery store. This means the program…
USDA Announces Trade Relief Details
…by trade fluctuation. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will dispense those commodities through various nutrition assistance programs such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program and child nutrition programs. FAS…
Bayer CEO Says Monsanto Merger Still a Win-Win
…of the Monsanto takeover, the potential value creation for our shareholders, the attractiveness of the agriculture market, and the goals we communicated.” The California court awarded damages to a school…
8,000 Glyphosate Lawsuits Await Bayer
The California verdict against Monsanto has opened the door for what is estimated as 8,000 lawsuits against Monsanto, now being absorbed by Bayer. On a call with analysts and reporters,…
Celebrating National Peach Pie Day
…California, South Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey. While baking our own peach pie or enjoying it out with others, use the hashtag #nationalpeachpieday when posting on social media. I’m Cathy…
Almond Update: Free Irrigation Audits Available
Several Resource Conservation Districts’s around the state are teaming up with various groups to offer free irrigation audits for growers. The Almond Board of California is partnering with several groups…
Farm Bill Conference Meeting Date Set
…pass the Senate. The Senate version of the bill does not include the controversial work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Wildfire Inadvertently Provides New Research Opportunities
University of California researchers are looking to make the most out of a bad situation by looking at new research opportunities that have developed as a result of the wildfires….