House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed S.1252, the Global Food Security Act of…
NOW Pressure Looks Low in Almonds
…Extension Integrated Pest Management Advisor Emily Symmes says. “We are seeing a bit more normal flight patterns at least in the Sacramento Valley area where the onset of spring activity…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…suit our purposes. For instance, warm clothing and constructed shelters let us live in cold climates that would otherwise kill us. We coax high productivity through the breeding and management…
Lawsuit Filed Against Hormel’s “Natural” Products
…raised using “sustainable” farming techniques on “independent” family farms, and the products are free of artificial ingredients. USDA’s definition of “natural” is: “A product containing no artificial ingredient or added…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
…and CEO of NMPF. “While we continue to examine ways to improve the program in the future, farmers need to carefully consider their risk management coverage options in 2017.” To…
‘Keep Management Local’ Still Focus for SGMA
California has about a year left to get all of the water management entities in place for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and experts say the need to keep…
Partnerships Formed for Temperance Flat Research
…high flows until there is conveyance and percolation capacity available for moving the water to distant aquifer recharge and banking facilities is critical for improving the valley’s groundwater management.” Speaking…
Draft of Approved Changes to Basin Boundaries
…taking an essential step in implementing the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and empowering local agencies to bring groundwater basins into sustainable patterns of pumping and recharge. SGMA initially…
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a federal Clean Water Act rule to tighten the current selenium water quality criteria for the waters of San Francisco Bay and Delta. The…
Air Quality Incentives Available
…levels that persistently exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the Clean Air Act. For fiscal year 2016, interested owners or operators of land managed for agricultural production…
Less Runoff Means More Salinity Management
An overall gradual decline in snowpack totals will mean the continued fight against salinity issues in both water quality and soils. Less Snow Means More Salinity Management Snowpack totals overall…
Grove Shows Need for Soil Moisture Tools
…see if that ground is getting dry or if the irrigation is working.” Rosecrans added that it is important to use all of the management tools available to maximize yield…
Farm/Food Groups Urging Passage of Biotech Food Labeling Legislation
…of foods made with biotechnology, and we need them to act quickly on the matter.” A federal policy would help food producers avoid the higher economic costs of having several,…
Stanford Study on Salinity of Deep Groundwater
…depths and volumes in California and show the need to better characterize and protect deep groundwater aquifers. Abstract Deep groundwater aquifers are poorly characterized but could yield important sources of…