…NMPF’s vice president for dairy foods and nutrition, warned that the agency’s failure to enforce existing labeling standards is a major concern. “For decades, manufacturers have been making fake milk…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 07-12-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal….
ARC-PLC Educational Tool Available for Cotton Farms
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is notifying farmers with generic base acres that planted seed cotton that a new tool is available to assist them…
U.S. Pork Calls for Level Playing Field as FDA Makes Regulatory Land Grab
…over laboratory-produced cultured protein products with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, where they will be required to comply with the same regulatory standards, including continuous inspection, process controls,…
Water Works: More Wine Country Basins May Soon Come Under SGMA Rules
…those are in Napa and Sonoma Counties. The possible reprioritization would require compliance with SGMA and each basin would need to form a groundwater sustainability agency and complete a sustainability…
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
…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 Service….
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….