…voluntary achievements culminated in 2015. Competition is open to all California residents, businesses, nonprofit organizations, professional and trade associations, communities, state and local government entities, tribes, and federal agencies operating…
Petition to Legalize Industrial Hemp
The Hemp Industries Association, along with the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council filed a petition Wednesday to legalize industrial hemp. The petition was filed with the Drug Enforcement Administration to remove…
Supreme Court: Farmers Can Challenge Wetlands Determinations
…and ranchers can have their day in court when the government tells them they cannot plow a field or improve a ditch without a federal permit.” Critics of the EPA…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…effects to ask questions and get answers.” WaterFix would create more flexibility to better balance water quality, fish protection and water supply: WaterFix would allow the state and federal water…
Food Waste Research
…McCarthy announced the United States’ first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction by 2030. As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies, said federal regulatory agencies “are approaching water management problems the same way today that they did decades ago.” “Federal…
Almond Board: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Partnership
…based in Modesto, California, the Almond Board of California is a non-profit organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture….
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
The significant benefits that would accrue to the U.S. pork industry from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement would be wiped out if the Obama administration implements pending rules related to the…
White House Threatens to Veto Energy and Water Bill
…In a statement issued through the Office of Management and Budget, the administration rejected what it called “highly problematic ideological provisions.” In particular, the administration wants more funding for the…
Technology, Innovation and Food Waste
…consumer needs. The state board conducts forums that bring together local, state and federal government officials, agricultural representatives and citizens to discuss current issues of concern to California agriculture. Follow…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…Stockyards Administration) Rule, which first was proposed in 2010 to implement provisions included in the 2008 Farm Bill. The regulations, however, went well beyond the Farm Bill provisions and would…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…conditions affecting America’s dairy farmers call for improvements by Congress to the federal safety net program created in the 2014 Farm Bill, according to Randy Mooney, chairman of the National…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…of advanced plant materials for biofuels. Over the course of this Administration, USDA has invested $332 million to accelerate research on renewable energy ranging from genomic research on bioenergy feedstock…
Milk-for-Cheese Pricing Formula Adjustment
…pending decisions at the federal level, we must not let that stall efforts now to work within the limitations of the pricing system to promote long-term growth and prosperity of…