…a market hog, and there was no threat to food safety. As experts in swine production, the Pork Checkoff is eager to analyze the initial findings, alongside its authors, and…
Funding for Robotic Research
…childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability, and ensure food safety. To learn more…
CFBF President Urges Farmers to Work Toward Change
…and ranchers need to maintain and enhance production of food and farm products. In order to be successful, Wenger said, farmers and ranchers must work together—across commodities and across regions….
CDFA: December is Farm to Food Bank Month
…than 200 California farmers and ranchers have contributed more than one-billion pounds of food to the California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family Program. This is just a small…
Hot Dog and Sausage Council Unveils Searchable Ingredients Guide
…consumers seek more information about their food, the guide will be a helpful tool to better understand hot dogs and how they are made.” The guide also includes descriptions of…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…as mohair production and prices in selected states. The Sheep and Goats Inventory survey is a national program conducted in all states. Farmers and ranchers surveyed are representative of the…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
…signed up for the program. Of those, only 93 farms, or 12 percent, had received any payments from the program, and only five indicated they considered the program to be…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
…at 15 billion gallons to prevent ethanol production from artificially diverting too great a volume of corn from feed, food and seed use to energy. At the time Congress set…
National Honey Board Members and Alternates Named
…Hull, of Battle Lake, Minn. is the alternate marketing cooperative member. Board members selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture administer the program. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight…
World Soil Day: Celebrating the Magic Beneath
…are available for farmers interested in building healthier soil. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service offers technical assistance as well as payments through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to…
Cost Studies for Growing Plums and Raisins in SJV
…many commodities are available online. To download the cost studies, visit the UC Agricultural Issues Center Cost Studies website at http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu. The cost and returns program is funded by the…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
Program Wide Notice Beet leafhopper counts were still very low throughout November. Non-target leafhoppers were more abundant. Beet leafhopper samples were challenging to obtain because BLH were widespread and difficult…
The Meat-Cancer Link Debate Heats Up Again
…the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to require cancer warning labels on foods like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and other products. Back in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International…
Agri View: Food Production Impact
Everett Griner talks about the effects of changing food production to what is being advocated in today’s Agri View. Food Production Impact I thought I was reading another article by…