…reducing environmental regulations, increasing law enforcement, and redoing health care. But farmers are looking on nervously as the White House announced last week it intends to renegotiate the North American…
Agri View: Peanut Butter-A Requested Food Donation
…the needs of nutritional groups than America’s peanut farmers and processors. When a food crisis strikes they stand ready to help. Just recently they donated 30,000 jars of peanut butter…
Critical Deadline in Groundwater Law Approaches
…ranchers. “Farmers and ranchers must focus on showing up and staying unified,” Rice said. “If agriculture isn’t engaged or becomes fractured, we jeopardize our own future.” As DWR receives notifications…
Giving Gardeners Information on Potting Media for Trees and Shrubs
…USDA Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) National Soil Dynamics Laboratory in Auburn, Alabama, compared pine bark’s capabilities for storing carbon in the soil with the alternatives. Storing carbon in the soil…
Children’s Book – Busy on the Farm
…mary@octanepress.com. From Octane Press: About the Author Holley Dufek Dufek Holly Dufek has spent nearly 15 years writing and editing educational curriculum for publishers such as Holt McDougal, National Geographic…
USDA Investigating Unapproved GE Petunias
…purple colored flowers. The petunias have been imported into the U.S. from Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, South America, as well as the countries of Australia, Israel and Mexico, and…
Canada Defeats GMO Labeling Bill
…bill was too vague. The vote follows a similar move by the United States the passed the U.S. Congress last year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Stabenow Expresses Concerns with EPA Scientist Dismissals
…to Pruitt, citing the importance of the board’s role in safeguarding American agriculture. Stabenow pointed out scientist on the board rationally serve at least two terms, regardless of a change…
Senate Ag to Hold Farm Economy Hearing
…Stabenow, the hearing is titled “Examining the Farm Economy: Perspectives on Rural America.” The hearing is recognized as the start of the Senate Agriculture Committee farm bill hearings. It follows…
Trump Plan to Balance Budget Includes Farm Subsidy Cuts
…the elimination of credits and deductions, a move opposed by agriculture groups who say farmers need both. Bloomberg News says the possibility of proposed cuts to target price supports and…
Canada and Mexico React Cautiously to NAFTA Letter
…he is confident the move to renegotiate NAFTA will “result in a better deal for our farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers. “ From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Agri View: Weather Costly to Producers
…crop. The past 12 months have been one of the most disastrous years in decades for farmers all across the country. The very southern portion, from the Carolinas to Texas…
$4.7 Million to Support University Agricultural Science Programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced $4.7 million in available funding to support agricultural science programs at non-land-grant universities. Funding is made…
May is CalFresh Awareness Month
California has the largest Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the nation. Our state’s farmers and ranchers are proud to play a critical role in reducing hunger and improving health….