…in Forestry from Mississippi State University. He was in the Forest Service’s inaugural class of the Senior Leadership Program, and he has completed the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program….
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
…Association President Bob Dinneen says the study model showed a more than 14-billion-dollar direct benefit to the farm sector…tape Benefit Thereby saving taxpayers on increased farm program costs, and consumers…
South Korea Lifts U.S. Poultry Ban
…OIE guidelines. “The United States has the strongest avian influenza surveillance program in the world and we were at once able to quickly identify, confine, and control this most recent…
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tidwell Announces Retirement
…with the Forest Service working with states, Tribes, private landowners, and other partners for landscape-scale conservation. These efforts have helped increase the benefits Americans get from their national forests, as…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…RFS program considerably benefits the agriculture sector, but also leads to overall welfare gains for the United States,” according to the study’s authors, Iowa State University economists GianCarlo Moschini, Harvey…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…he must remain a farmer. Enacted as part of the county’s new Local Coastal Program, and officially approved by the California Coastal Commission, the mandate requires landowners to remain “actively…
Deadline Approaching for Producer Feedback on FARM Program Resources and Tools
…such as the producer’s familiarity with the program, where they seek additional FARM Program information, and why stewardship practices are important to them. The study, titled “Dairy Producer Perceptions of…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…the Cotton Research and Promotion Program. Producers are facing significant challenges this marketing year, and the Program is responding with initiatives intended to help margins in the short-term while staying…
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
…below levels that indicate a health concern or need for further evaluation. “Air monitoring is an important tool used to ensure that the California’s vigorous pesticide regulatory program is working…
NMPF Statement on Comments from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
…Canada is ultimately shipped back out under Canadian import for re-export programs. Canada has been refusing to share details of imports and exports under those programs, but the reality is…
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
Shifting Migration & Labor Strategies, with Drop in Unauthorized Share & Rise in Use of H-2A Program Shifting migration patterns and labor strategies are reshaping the overwhelmingly foreign-born U.S. agricultural…
SNAP Battle Top Obstacle for Farm Bill
…says, “Cotton farmers are going to have a new program or we won’t have a new Farm Bill.” He adds that the program will need significant money put into it….
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…near and dear to me,” said Montgomery. “I feel very fortunate to be able to return to the Central Valley and give back to the program that first fostered my…
Labor Shortages Continue to Plague California
…is the current state of the immigration system and how policies like the H-2A program is administered. “The problem with H-2A is there’s timelines and some requirements that just don’t…