The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) have cancelled or postponed publication of selected USDA statistical reports…
Some APHIS Employees are Back to Work
Citing a need for animal vaccines, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has reopened the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Center for Veterinary Biologics. Randall Weiseman reports. Click to Open…
Meat and Poultry Safety Tips
…the illnesses are here in California. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reminds consumers to follow package cooking instructions and make sure to reach an internal temperature of 165…
Public Health Alert for Chicken Products Produced at Three Foster Farms Facilities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are…
California Ag Headlines for October 8
…the diverse people involved in California’s food and agricultural systems. The California Department of Food and Agriculture organizes the event, which is held at the UC Davis conference center. The…
No Citrus Crop Forecast Friday, October 11
The USDA Agricultural Statistics Board will not be meeting this week. Employees have been told to cancel travel arrangements to Washington, DC. There will be no citrus forecast released on…
UC Davis 2013 Award of Distinction
The UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is honoring several people later this week with its 2013 Award of Distinction. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or…
CDFA Meeting to Focus on Ag Research
…is essential to ensuring a highly productive, continuously innovative, and safe food supply,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “Our national investment in agricultural research is critical if we are to…
Statement by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation President, On Farm Bill Expiration
…budget process in order, get our national economy back on track and move forward on legislation important to agriculture, such as the farm bill, immigration and tax reform and waterways…
Hanford Meat Company Recalls Ground Beef
…Service (FSIS) announced today. The following FSIS-regulated products are subject to the expanded recall: 40-lb. cases containing 10-lb. chubs of “Fine Ground Beef.” The products bear the establishment number “Est….
Government Shutdown and Agriculture
…down. See the message to the public by clicking here. USDA meat inspectors will continue working because the position is considered necessary to national safety. The Food and Drug Administration…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Found in Fresno County
…on the Agricultural Commissioner’s website: http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/Departments.aspx?id=114. The discovery is within the current Dinuba quarantine boundary. Agricultural Commissioner Les Wright stated “the quarantine boundary currently set for the Dinuba quarantine will…
Californian Named Beef Ambassador
A young California woman is named as a 2014 National Beef Ambassador. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report Emma Morris is one of just five…
Governor Signs Hemp Bill
…(CDFA) and county agricultural commissioners. Currently, more than 30 industrialized nations grow industrial hemp and export it to the United States. Hemp is the only crop that is illegal to…