The July Almond Position Report is now available. Almond Board President and CEO Richard Waycott talks with Sabrina Hill about the report. Listen to the interview: To view the report,…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…bunch rot complex. His father, Richard Montgomery, was a Fresno State geography department chairperson and a faculty member from 1966 to 1986. Tom Montgomery is currently a master’s in business…
Valuable Crops to Consider Growing
…even higher at farmer’s markets. I’m Cathy Isom… Image credit: (bottom right) Public Domain, Link (bottom left) By Paul Gross (paul144) and Richard Zhang – Own work, Public Domain, Link…
Chlorpyrifos Ban Introduced in U.S. Senate
Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal and New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall Tuesday introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to ban chlorpyrifos, a widely used agricultural insecticide. Udall explained that The…
Almond Board: Almond Crop Forecast
…Service — Pacific Regional Office (NASS/PRO). Listen to the report with Almond Board President and CEO Richard Waycott. Listen to the full interview with Waycott. From the Almond Board…
New Broccoli and Lettuce Cost Studies Released
…of the calculations used in the studies, contact Jeremy Murdock of the Agricultural Issues Center University at (530) 752-4651, Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in Monterey County, at (831)…
Agri View: Farm Labor Help Needed
…(top right): Kern County, CA – May 6, 2015: Mexican-American farm workers are hoeing between rows of potatoes on this large Central California farm. Photo ID: 275647415 by Richard Thornton/Shutterstock…
Citrus Group Sues USDA Over Lemons
…science for the past 12 months,” U.S. Citrus Science Council Chair, and Santa Paula Lemon grower, Richard Pidduck stated in the release. California Citrus Mutual has adamantly opposed the rule…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…Duffy (R-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), David Valadao (R-CA), Susan DelBene (D-WA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Richard…
Argentine Lemons Entering U.S. Market Despite Objections
…and Argentina,” said Richard Pidduck, Ventura County citrus grower and chair of the Santa Paula, California-based U.S. Citrus Science Council (USCSC). The announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)…
Trump: Healthcare Reform Before Tax Reform
…like the American Farm Bureau sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, and ranking Democrat Richard Neal of Massachusetts. The letter called…
NPPC, Ag Groups Ask for Tax Reform
…Means 1102 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Richard Neal, Ranking Member House Committee on Ways & Means 1139E Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…losing the whole crop to mildew. “That’s why most of the bagged organic spinach you see is baby, because they’re cutting them earlier to avoid the disease problems,” said Richard…
Store Formats and Patterns in Household Grocery Purchases
by Richard Volpe, Annemarie Kuhns, and Ted Jaenicke USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Americans are buying more and more of their “food at home,” or groceries, from…