…said. “President Trump knows that these workers are critical to maintaining our food supply and our farmers and ranchers are counting on their ability to work. We will continue to…
Mitigating COVID-19 Risk on Farming Operations
…CLEARING UP CONFUSION AMONG EMPLOYEES Many shelter-in-place orders have been issued throughout California, but exemptions have been provided for those involved in the food supply chain. Wolfe said that “communication…
Almond Update: Incentives Help Pay for Upgrades, Orchard Recycling
…Quality Initiative (NAQI), which can help growers replace high polluting engines in certain counties. ABC’s Principle Analyst Jesse Roseman said the second is the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Healthy…
Finding the Threshold for Almond Hull Concentration in Dairy Rations
…cows are chewing, the rumen was probably more stable, fiber digestion was higher, so milkfat went up,” said DePeters. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has established a standard…
USDA Continues Focus on Service During COVID-19 Outbreak
…to contaminants in foods, food import, and export inspection and certification systems, and methods of analysis and sampling. For more information from the USDA, you may visit www.usda.gov/coronavirus. The latest…
Hours of Service Rule Waived in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
…(COVID-19) outbreak. The move is meant to facilitate the timely delivery of goods that support emergency relief efforts such as medical supplies and food. It marks the first time that…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 03-17-20
…food safety regarding COVID-19 and Canada ratifying the USMCA. Tune in to the show for these news stories and more. Danielle Leal Multi-Media Journalist & AgNet News Hour Anchor Sponsored Content…
Ensuring Food Safety Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
…Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is continuing efforts to provide a safe and healthy food supply. Those efforts include maintaining the strict infrastructure for food inspection, implementing extensive sanitary practices and…
Bill to Enhance Agricultural Border Inspections Signed into Law
President Donald Trump recently signed the Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019, which will expand and improve border inspections of agricultural products. Introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters’,…
Labor Certainty for Food Security Act Introduced
…the Labor Certainty for Food Security Act includes several provisions that would help agricultural operations meet their labor requirements. “It includes provisions that would help deal with the undocumented workers…
Foods to Can in the Spring from Your Garden
Cathy Isom has some pointers, as well as a list of some foods you should can in the Spring. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Foods to Can…
Date Set for Dairy Quota Suspension Hearing
A date has been set to consider what to do with the dairy quota system in California. The California Department of Food and Agriculture will be considering the suspension of…
Spring Garden Preparation in March
…has become both popular and commonly recognized. For several reasons. Urban gardening is bigger than ever before, and it is a safer way to grow food. Not to mention being…
Ag Order 4.0 ‘Will Change the Way We Farm’
…and production as it relates to food safety. “So, there’s things that we have to do for food safety regulations, here comes Ag Order 4.0 basically asking you to do…