The FARMS Leadership program is extending its education for high school students, to get the future of agriculture hands-on experience with real-life issues the industry faces every day. Program Adds…
NFU Vigorously Opposes TPP Without Currency Manipulation Enforcement
…to National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson: “Just as we feared, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is moving forward without any meaningful language addressing one of the chief tools used…
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Regarding the Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…trade for American farmers. The agreement would eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs on our products and deter non-science based sanitary and phyto-sanitary barriers that have put American agriculture at a…
Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…leveling the playing field for American workers and businesses, so we can export more products stamped Made in America all over the world that support higher-paying American jobs here at…
UC Berkeley to Lead Study of Crop Drought Tolerance
…and Natural Resources, the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute and that agency’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the five-year project, called Epigenetic Control of Drought Response in Sorghum, or EPICON….
California Food Banks – Farm to Family Program
The Farm to Family Program from the California Association of Food Banks helps the state’s farmers donate surplus produce to families in need. AgNet West’s Sabrina Hill talks with Sue…
Food and Agriculture Board to Discuss Land Subsidence, Groundwater Management
…exacerbated the need for groundwater and these precious water reserves are reaching historic lows,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “The purpose of this meeting is to discuss how farmers and…
2015 Water Year Hottest and Driest on Record – From the California Department of Water Resources
…temperatures increase and on certain atmospheric measurements. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, there is about a 95 percent chance of a strong El Niño…
Meat Price Reporting Bill Sent To President
The National Pork Producers Council is urging the president to quickly sign into law legislation reauthorizing the livestock mandatory price reporting law. The current statute is set to expire today….
Poll Shows Broad Support for Endangered Species Act Reform
…efforts to overhaul the increasingly outdated 1970s-era statute. The survey shows: 63 percent of Americans support modernizing the ESA; 62 of Americans believe the act should help with species recovery,…
Wisconsin Team takes Lely National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest
Wisconsin paved the way, winning the Lely National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Monday, September 28 at World Dairy Expo. Coach Jim Powers led team members Ben Powers, Luke Powers,…
The Western View: Rally Friday – Take Back Our Water
…Our Water Farmers, businesses and central California political leaders are holding the rally to support Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s request for a special legislative session to address the drought. It will…
USDA Announces $8.8 Million to Support a Diverse Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…$200,000 California National Hmong American Farmers $105,847 Colorado Adams State University $127,387 Colorado First Nations Development Institute $158,175 Delaware Delaware State University $199,988 Florida Wealth Watchers $176,131 Florida Florida International…
CDFA Funds $9.38 Million to Assist Farmers in Drought
…Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and is administered in cooperation with Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board. “It is critical to support our farmers and the…