…for additional fishery flows underline the need to expand California’s water supply to help buffer the impacts of drought. “The state board’s river flow plans threaten to sentence rural California…
USDA/NIFA Awards $4.7 M for Food Safety Outreach, Education
…of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, $522,893 Northeast Organic Farming Association, Road Barre, Mass., $522,348 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., $522,822 Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Elgin, Texas, $435,714 Virginia Polytechnic…
U.S – Mexico Establish Committee to Support Organic Trade Partnership
…at www.usda.gov/organic. Image credit: (top left) Napa Valley, California: Hall Wines, Certified Organic vineyard with Bunny foo Foo in the background, May 12 2015 Napa Valley, California. Wollertz / Shutterstock.com…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…of growers and dealers last week at Tallerico Farms in Manteca. The recycling project is being paid for by the Almond Board of California. In February, UCCE held a demonstration…
Western View: The Most Dangerous Highway?
…the heartland of California, straight up the middle of the Central Valley all the way up to the rice fields north of Sacramento. It’s 424 miles of agricultural heaven, from…
California State Veterinarian Honored by USDA
California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones received the USDA APHIS Administrator’s Award this week at the annual meeting of the United States Animal Health Association. Also pictured, from left; Dr….
USDA Predicts Record California Almond Harvest
California almond growers are facing similar price troubles as Midwest row-crop farmers. A predicted record almond harvest will drop prices again this year as the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects…
India Seeks to Triple Egg Production
…says one in every four children up to five years old is suffering from malnutrition and that “eggs can help a lot in combating the malnutrition.” From the National Association…
BASF Chemical Plant Faces Prolonged Shutdown Following Explosion
…agriculture-solutions unit. However, that was before Bayer and Monsanto agreed on a merger worth $66 billion. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: BASF Ludwigshafen site Update…
CA’s Ross Possible Clinton Ag Secretary
…Association of Winegrape Growers from 1996-2009, and as Vice-President of the Agricultural Council of California from 1989-1996. Before moving to California, Ross served as Director of Government Relations for the…
Dannon Responds to Ag Attack
…by using fear-based marketing and trendy buzzwords.” The groups say “neither farmers nor consumers should be used as pawns in food marketing wars.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Strong Push on TPP in Lame-Duck
With the release of a new document on the benefits to soybean farmers, processors, and exporters from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this week, the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the…
Projects to Protect-Restore San Francisco Bay
…and building resiliency to sea level rise along the bay’s shoreline. Key partners include the California State Coastal Conservancy, the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and the Santa Clara…
California Ag Leads Nation in Funding for Specialty Crops
…California received more than $22.3 million out of approximately $62.6 million awarded nationwide. The SCBGP provides grants to state departments of agriculture to fund projects that enhance the competitiveness of…