Agri View: Smart Phones

DanAgri View, General, Technology

Everett Griner talks about agriculture adopting smart phones and “apps” in today’s Agri View. Smart Phones From USDA/Smart Phones the Latest Tool for Sustainable Farming Seems like there’s an “app”…

FDA Requests Comments on Use of the Term “Natural” on Food Labeling

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…Original posting: November 10, 2015 Because of the changing landscape of food ingredients and production, and in direct response to consumers who have requested that the FDA explore the use…

Fog Compensates for Low Elevation

Taylor HillmanSpecialty Crops, Weather

…has been a problem for pistachio orchards the last couple of years and the damage showed in yield totals this season. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Craig Kallsen says other producing…

The Western View: Big Data

Taylor HillmanFeatures, Western View

…grower, but by any company that affects conditions on the farm – chemical companies, equipment manufacturers, and so on. Farm Bureau brings up 13 points that growers need to keep…

Groundwater Management a Costly Endeavor

Taylor HillmanWater

…to form and establish their local management areas. Tulare County Farm Bureau Executive Director Tricia Stever-Blattler says the next step will be hard work for these groups and could cost…

USDA Shares 2015 Results

DanAquaculture, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy & Livestock, Environment, Field & Row Crops, Forage Crops, Forestry, Fruits & Vegetables, General, Goat, Grain, Hogs & Pork, Industry News Release, Labor and Immigration, Poultry, Seeds, Sheep, Soil, Special Reports, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Technology, Tree, nut & vine crops, Vegetables, Wine

…every county in 2016. Supported nearly 10,000 farms and ranches, food entrepreneurs and communities through local food-related projects. Over 6,000 farmers markets and direct-marketing farmers are now authorized to accept…

Chairman Conaway Statement on Agreement Reached at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference

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…concerning the deeply harmful impacts that China and India’s domestic cotton policies are having upon cotton farmers around the world, including farmers here at home and in least developed countries…