There’s yet another group that wants to split up California. Their idea is gaining traction, and enough people have signed a statewide petition to get the measure on the November…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…enhance animal care and food safety and support economic prosperity in rural America faces an impractical, lengthy and expensive approval process that will render it unavailable to American farmers while…
Water Works: More Wine Country Basins May Soon Come Under SGMA Rules
…previously believed. The California Department of Water Resources recently declared that 14 groundwater basins throughout the state should be reprioritized under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and four of…
Almond Update: Record Forecast Could Have Been Larger
The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s objective almond report for 2018 predicts a production increase of 7.9 percent primarily due to 70,000 more bearing acres this season. Almond Board of California…
U.S. to Further Implement Trade Tariffs
…next month on the tariffs, but added that farmers are “aware Trump’s trade initiatives would help them in the long run.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
EU Trade Chief: Targeting U.S. Ag in Tariffs Best Hope for Trade Change
…coincidence” that the EU, Mexico and Canada are targeting U.S. agriculture products in retaliation to the Trump steel and aluminum tariffs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Tractor, Combine Sales Increase in June
…four percent for the month. Sales of combines for the year total 2,011 compared to 1,669 in 2017, a 21 percent increase. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
Lawsuit Alleges Seed Company Intentionally Sold Subpar Products to Black Farmers
A group of Mid-South farmers claims Stine Seed Company purposefully switched seeds to sell black farmers a subpar product last year. The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association alleges a distributor…
Agri View: Luxury Pickup Truck
How many of you were raised on a farm? Do you remember your farm vehicle? Everett Griner talks about the new pickup truck is a luxury vehicle instead of a…
Almond Matters: Assessing Ant Management Strategies
…time, most orchards have up to a dozen species of ants within them. The question is ‘what species are they?’” said David Haviland, Entomology Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in…
Water Officials Call for More Water to Restore Salmon Migration
…users in pursuit of fishery goals that, you know, may be questionable,” said Chris Scheuring, an environmental attorney with the California Farm Bureau Federation. “Agriculture and urban users have long…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 07-11-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal….
Trump: No Hurry to Settle NAFTA
…effect. Retaliatory tariffs between China and the U.S. are also in place and continue to put a strain on American agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
First Monsanto Cancer Trial Begins
A trial is underway this week in California as witnesses will begin to testify in the first case alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer. Politico says Lee Johnson,…