…years of working closely with University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources researchers to identify and learn how to manage a disease that causes the death of up…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the closure of the APHIS-operated bird import quarantine facility located at the port of Otay Mesa, California. These changes will…
California Milk Production
California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows for October that produced 3.30 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is up 4 percent from September, 2016 and…
Cattle on Feed Review
…on feed for the slaughter market in California for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 420,000 head on November 1, 2016. The inventory was 1 percent above…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 21
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Five Tips for a Food Safe Thanksgiving
…food can lead to serious foodborne illness,” said Al Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Turkeys may contain Salmonella and Campylobacter, harmful…
Ag Bankers Are Increasing Collateral
…a balance sheet in the red with negative cash flows per 2016 balance sheets. If agriculture sees a repeat of 2016 next year, that number could get worse. Hoskins says,…
One of Three Major U.S. Drought Areas Will Improve
…includes the southeast United States. That area has been in the news as wildfires have recently burned over 80,000 acres of land. Southern California has been suffering from a drought…
Lawsuit Against CA Poultry Cage Rules Rejected
Six states filed a lawsuit to stop California’s new poultry law that prohibits the sale of eggs from chickens that aren’t raised within strict space requirements. A federal appeals court…
Agri View: Cyber Crime
Everett Griner talks about agriculture now a cyber crime target in today’s Agri View. Cyber Crime Agriculture was one of the last American industries to adopt computer technology. Today it…
CAWG Elects New Board Members
…to enhance the business of growing California winegrapes. The organization represents the growers of more than 50 percent of the gross grape tonnage crushed for wine and concentrate in California….
First Organic Grower to be President of Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau
…wife Constance was born and raised in France. Tom developed an interest in agriculture while he was doing his undergraduate studies at Cornell. But his interest turned into action when…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the U.S. Forest Service has identified an additional 36 million dead trees across California since its last aerial survey in May 2016….
Farm City Newsday Podcast for November 18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…