Your American Farm Bureau wants you to “Get a Move On.” They want your support to help create a national, science-based labeling standard for GMO foods. The Western View: Label…
Water Board Says More Rights Will be Curtailed Soon
…rights. Anticipating impending cuts by the state, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta farmers with riparian water rights proposed a 25 percent cut in their water diversions or plantings last week, saying the…
USDA Seeks Input from Growers About 2015 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, and Values
During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The…
DPR 2013 Air Monitoring Shows Most Pesticides Well Below Health Screening Levels
…public health. (DPR is conducting a detailed scientific assessment of 1,3-D, including analyzing the applications and weather conditions during the time high concentrations were detected to reduce future air concentrations)….
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Socially-Disadvantaged Producers
…persecuted and oppressed for years in their native land. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in concert with SCFC, developed marketing channels including various farmers markets and restaurants where the refugee…
Dairy Farmer Recognized for Helping Endangered Bird
…explains the NRCS and Audubon California have helped farmers who have tricolored blackbirds nesting in their fields by providing incentive payments to delay harvest until the young birds have fledged….
S&W Seed Company to Participate in the 2015 World Seed Congress
…contracts. For more information on the International Seed Federation 2015 World Seed Congress, please visit www.worldseedcongress2015.com. For more information on the International Seed Federation, please visit, www.worldseed.org. About S&W Seed…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review May 22
…of USDA Week In Review, jobs for grads in ag, addressing rural poverty, and farmers markets in low income areas. For more information go to: www.usda.gov http://nifa.usda.gov/ www.usda.rd.gov www.usda.ams.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov…
Agri View: Hot, Roasted
Everett Griner talks about chicken farmers being targeted in today’s Agri View. Hot, Roasted…
Statement by Bob Stallman, Regarding Senate Passage Of Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities And Accountability Act of 2015
Bob Stallman “The U.S. leads the world in agricultural exports thanks to the hard work and ingenuity of American farmers and ranchers. Creating new partnerships and expanding access to international…
Senate Passes TPA Legislation
Tonight, the full Senate passed Trade Promotion Authority legislation (S. 995) by a bipartisan vote of 62 to 37. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President and Chugwater, Wyo. cattleman, Philip Ellis…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Statement on Senate Passage of Trade Promotion Authority
…open markets for America’s farmers, ranchers and agribusiness and create jobs and improve wages across the country. Over 70 organizations representing America’s farmers and ranchers, and past secretaries of agriculture…
USDA Reminds Farmers to Certify Conservation Compliance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers to file a Highly Erodible Land Conservation and Wetland Conservation Certification form (AD-1026) with their local USDA Service Center by June 1,…
Legislation Introduced in House to Repeal COOL
…After multiple rulings against the U.S. by the World Trade Organization, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President and Chugwater, Wyoming, cattleman, Philip Ellis said this action by Congress is long overdue….