Happy Earth Day from CDFA! This video provides a brief look at just a few of the programs and projects at the California Department of Food and Agriculture that help…
The California Kitchen: Potato Colcannon
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing potato colcannon with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 4 New Potatoes cut in half 8 oz. Cabbage…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
…letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack underscoring “critical implementation components related to dairy trade.” The U.S. Dairy Export Council, National Milk Producers Federation and…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…the National Pork Producers Council biannual legislative fly-in. Producers from 20 states visited their senators’ and representatives’ Capitol Hill offices, urging them to back federal funding for addressing antibiotic resistance…
Citrus Greening Research Funding
…partial quarantine due to the detected presence of the Asian citrus psyllid, a vector for HLB. Those states include Alabama, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi,…
Earth Day – the History
…then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if…
The California Kitchen: Potato Gnocchi
…today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: Potato Gnocchi For this and many more of these recipes, visit: www.ajhtheuntamedchef.com Watch Albert’s Cooking Show: www.foodytv.com or stream it on…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
…Western SARE Administrative Council will select reviewed proposals that are innovative, diverse in content, subject matter, and geography; demonstrate tangible outcomes; and provide readily adaptable technologies and information suitable to…
Citrus Regulation Scoping Meeting Scheduled
…healthy trees by the psyllid after it feeds on infected plant tissue. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has scheduled a scoping meeting to discuss proposals for changes to…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…the National Cotton Council has challenged, saying it has no merit. “American cotton growers remain under assault, and the problems just keep coming. Just last week, China announced it will…
CA Ag Contributes to Food Banks
California Agriculture Contributes Record Amount of Farm Products to Food Banks The California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family program received a record 150 million pounds of donated produce…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…Challenges By Ben Potter AgWeb.com Innovation Editor At the National Cotton Council’s 78th annual meeting, economists told delegates that ample global stocks, low cotton prices and other uncertainties around global…
The California Kitchen: Potato Parmesan White Bean Turkey Casserole
…get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The California Kitchen: New Potato Parmesan White Bean Turkey Cassoulet For this and many more of these recipes,…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…