from USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS chemist Aijin Zhang collects volatile compounds from apple juice. Photo by Peggy Greb. A scent that petunias and snapdragons release to attract pollinators may…
Bats Are Good For Agriculture
…various sizes – over 1300 species – and with wingspans that range from 4 to 6 feet wide. It turns out, bats are really not that bad. In fact, you…
New Protections For Immigrant Workers on Horizon
A California legislative committee recently amended a proposed bill that will define the individual rights of immigrant workers while on the job. The Immigration Worker Protection Act (AB 450) would…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…notified Congress that it plans to proceed with renegotiating the 24-year-old trade pact. NMPF will be actively engaged in this process through the submission of recommendations on the priorities of…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
…a list of CPOs and CIOs, contact Shethir M. Riva, Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Va., 22406, telephone (540)…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011, established a risk-based approach to regulating food safety. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…19. (NPPC in late March submitted comments in opposition to the broader Farmer Fair Practices Rules.) The interim final rule would broaden the scope of the Packers and Stockyards Act…
Official Flower of the Month of June
…Named after the Latin word rosa which means red. It’s also a symbol of the 15th wedding anniversary. There are more than 100 species of roses, in a variety of…
Senate Committee to Consider E-15 Waiver Legislation
…and Public Works Committee announced the hearing set for Wednesday, June 14th. The hearing focuses on the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, introduced in March by Nebraska Republican Senator…
Almond Board: Food Safety Symposium
…report: From the Almond Board: Several presentations in the upcoming Almond Board of California (ABC) Food Quality and Safety Symposium will address issues related to the Food Safety Modernization Act…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011, established a risk-based approach to regulating food safety. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate…
Healthy Preparation of Mushrooms
…C-T-I-C-H – aimed to evaluate the influence of different cooking methods (boiling, microwaving, grilling and frying) on proximate composition, beta glucans content and antioxidant activity of four cultivated mushrooms species….
Organic Research Institution Launches Industrial Hemp Research Project
…banning marijuana and was later named a Schedule 1 drug by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. However, changes made to the 2014 Federal Farm Bill now allow for hemp…
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
…the intent of the Packers and Stockyards Act to provide individual farmers and ranchers with protection from the most egregious abuses by meatpackers. In some courts, contract poultry growers have…