…United Dairymen; Cathy Fisher, California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA); Glenda Humiston, UC Agricultural and Natural Resources; Eric Holst, Environmental Defense Fund; Jeanne Merrill, California Climate Action Network; and…
Farm/Food Groups Urging Passage of Biotech Food Labeling Legislation
…worldwide. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have all reaffirmed their long-standing recognition of the safety of the technology….
Stanford Study on Salinity of Deep Groundwater
From: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Salinity of deep groundwater in California: Water quantity, quality, and protection by Mary Kanga,1 and Robert B. Jacksona,b,c…
More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
…Protection Agency deems drinkable if treated – the number was one in three. Jackson and Kang stress that just because a company has hydraulically fractured or used some other chemical…
June Dairy Market Report
…to March, while the monthly Margin Protection Program feed cost calculation rose by 64 cents per hundredweight. Those changes put the bimonthly MPP margin for March-April at $7.15 per hundredweight,triggering…
National Orange Blossom Day
It’s no secret the orange blossom is the official flower of the state of Florida. Cathy Isom checks out why we celebrate a fragrant flower from a sweet fruit. That’s…
Farming from the Heart- Cal Poly Student’s Forestry Insight
…be a burn in California, which damages the industry. She says that although large and uncontrolled fires are detremental, there are environmental and financial advantages to doing controlled burns. Tori…
USDA Announces Key Measures to Improve Pollinator Health
…possible to pollinators and that beekeepers understand how they can benefit from USDA’s conservation and safety net programs. For several years, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation…
Western View: Reason for National Monuments
…The act states that it is intended for: “… the protection of objects of historic and scientific interest.” When those intentions are observed, we end up protecting land in a…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Snowden Enterprises, Inc., over the distribution of a misbranded restricted use pesticide. The firm, located in Fresno, Calif., has agreed to…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…dryland agriculture and biotechnology; and, environmental studies and solar science (this includes social sciences and architecture). Climate change studies are a part of all these. The delegation discusses water and…
Agri View: GMO Law
…material difference. Subtitle B–Department of Agriculture (Sec. 111) This bill amends the Plant Protection Act to allow the sale of a GMO food (including imported food and excluding plant pests)…
FAA Rules Clear Runway for Small Drones
…for ensuring a drone is safe before flying, but the FAA is not requiring small UAS to comply with current agency airworthiness standards or aircraft certification. Instead, the remote pilot…
Honeybees-How to Keep Them
…Farmer How to Keep Honeybees Join the backyard beekeeping revolution and keep pollinators buzzing. The payback’s pretty sweet. By Rene Ebersole You can hardly say “honeybee” anymore without hearing the…
