People who follow a Mediterranean-style eating plan that incorporates lean red meat can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. That’s according to new research published in the American Journal of…
Citrus Growers Educational Seminar Series Concludes with Packed House in Exeter
…Research Scientist Melinda Klein also provided details about the latest CRB research and priorities for the future. About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West…
Northern California Wildfires Causing Concern for Wine Country
…potential to grow as the fire moves into difficult terrain. The National Weather Service noted that smoke from the fires was creating poor air quality conditions for Napa, Sonoma, San…
Producer Sentiment Rises Slightly in June
…were asked about future growth opportunities in their operations, most respondents don’t expect to increase the acreage on their farms over the next 12 months. From the National Association…
Final Countdown for 2017 Census of Agriculture
…due from farmers back in February, but the deadline has been extended through the end of July. A press release from the National Agricultural Statistics Service says they extended the…
Agri View: California and Other State Losses in a Trade War
…trade war and tariff talk in today’s Agri View. California and Other State Losses in a Trade War Efforts to settle this trade war between China and our country, farmers…
Mexico’s New President Wants NAFTA Deal
…has been compared to the U.S. president because of his populist, national rhetoric, and sometimes “touchy” personality, as well as his past skepticism over the North American Free Trade Agreement….
Too Early to Talk U.S. Withdrawal From WTO
…on Friday that he’s not planning on exiting the WTO after reports had him telling senior aides that he wants to leave the organization. America has already thrown the WTO…
Agri View: Understanding How Farm Subsidies Work
…also explains a bit about the impact tariffs have on farm subsidies. Understanding How Farm Subsidies Work Anyone who knows anything at all about modern agriculture knows that farmers depend…
Anger Rises as Tariffs Take Effect
…is threatening to undermine the economic progress it worked so hard to achieve,” says Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Kansas Announces Pilot Disease Traceability Program for Cattle
…develop and test a cattle disease traceability infrastructure in the state, which will hopefully be a catalyst in discussing and designing a national traceability program. Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer was…
Senate Approves Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
…passed a bipartisan farm bill to provide farmers and ranchers with some certainty amid a tough economy,” Roberts says, “and we can add to this certainty for producers and many…
More Ag Tariffs In Place This Week
…billion worth of U.S. goods. That includes $2.5 billion worth of American agricultural products, including cheese, pork hams and shoulders, apples, sausages, frozen potatoes, frozen cranberries, orange juice, and whiskey….
Trump Administration Drafting Bill to Pull U.S. Out of WTO?
…actually walk away from the WTO, it would undermine the entire system of trade rules agreed upon by the international community. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….