by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Ross with California Resources Secretary John Laird on a flyover in Wine Country. Over the weekend I traveled with…
Water Board OKs Hike in Water Quality Fees
…“as a result, we have fewer water quality issues than elsewhere in the state and require fewer staff resources.” John Russell, deputy director for the State Water Board Division of…
UC ANR and AgStart Receive Funding to Cultivate the VINE
…Valley region,” said John Selep, president of AgTech Innovation Alliance, AgStart’s sponsor. “The VINE will expand this AgStart model of connecting entrepreneurs to the resources they need to be successful,…
Medicinal Plants to Grow at Home
…comforting a stomach ache, calming anxiety. or acting as a mild sedative. Echinacea Passionflower Cramp Bark St. John’s Wort Gingko Elderberry German Chamomile … used in tea. All great medicinal…
Bacon and Chicken Up, OJ Too
…a year ago, including bacon, chicken breast, and orange juice, according to Dr. John Newton, AFBF’s director of market intelligence. “Bacon was up significantly because of the lower inventory and…
2017 California Prune Harvest Returns to Typical Levels
…reporting healthy trees that have rebounded from the weather-related challenges of recent years. “We are on track for a good year for California prunes,” said John Taylor, Vice President/Owner, Taylor…
John Deere Equipment About to Get Smarter
After nearly a year of discussion, John Deere recently announced a $305 million-dollar agreement to buy Blue River Technology, a company specializing in artificial intelligence specifically designed for agriculture. Based…
South Korea Wants Step by Step Approach to KORUS
…the implications of withdrawing from the agreement. Further, former House Speaker John Boehner said withdrawing from the agreement would “do more harm than good.” Boehner helped ratify the agreement in…
Pork Industry Pressing for FMD Vaccine Bank in 2018 Farm Bill
…take months. Former Pork Producers’ President John Weber Former Pork Producers’ President John Weber For now, Pork Producers wants USDA to contract for an offshore vaccine bank that can protect…
AFBF, AFBIS, Others, Propose Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance Concept
…for dairy farmers, different from the current margin-based insurance options available. AFBF Market Intelligence Director John Newton explains how the Dairy Revenue Protection insurance concept will work for dairy farmers….
Update: Landowner Settles Wetlands Case
By Kevin Hecteman, California Farm Bureau Federation, Ag Alert Landowner John Duarte, who had been accused of federal wetlands violations after plowing a Tehama County wheat field, settled the government’s…
Ag Secretary Perdue Speaks from “Back to Our Roots” Tour
…One question involved a California case in which a nursery owner named John Duarte stands accuses of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally filling in a wetland when he…
Folta: Ben and Jerry’s Report Work of Bad Science
…of the herbicide. 7. Independence. The laboratory commissioned appears to be a relative of Genetic ID, John Fagan’s former company in Fairfield, IA (the center of the anti-biotech universe, home…
Study Claims Glyphosate in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
…seem insignificant. John Fagan, the chief executive of the Health Research Institute Laboratories, which did the testing for the Organic Consumers Association, calculated that a 75-pound child would have to…