…Compliance 6 Cents Rule The Challenges of Unpaid Meals: Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools Nutrition Standards in School Meals National School Lunch Program (NSLP) The National School Lunch Program…
Pacific Region Livestock Review
The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the Pacific Region Livestock Review. Following is excerpts from the report. California Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal Prohibiting Promotion of Milk & Milk Products to Young Children The National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association urged…
Agri View: Drone On
…U.S. Thought drones were all about delivery? Goldman Sachs isn’t betting on it. Read the full article. Video from National Geographic Drones and the Future of Farming From driverless…
Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship Award
…total scholarship amount that Matt will receive to $4,000. The scholarship was presented at the National Ag Day Spring Luncheon held at the Heritage Hall at the Santa Cruz County…
California Grape Acreage Report
…Department of Food and Agriculture partners with the Pacific Regional Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct an annual acreage survey of California grape growers. The…
Baseball Dogs
…This Land of Ours. Baseball Dogs From: the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council MLB Fans Predicted to Consume More Than 19.4 Million Hot Dogs in 2016 Like candy on…
North American Producers Committed
…affordable pork. Hosted by the Canadian Pork Council (CPC), the meeting was attended by representatives of the CPC, the National Pork Producers Council and the Mexican pork producer organization, Confederación…
Dairy Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP
The National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association asked members of Congress in a letter today to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating National Volunteer Week by thanking and honoring its Earth Team volunteers Commander Everest and a landowner inspect an insect trap as part of…
Support Urged for TPP
Agricultural, Food Groups Urge Support For TPP The National Pork Producers Council today joined 225 other agricultural and food organizations in expressing support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and in…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
…on Agriculture, is supported by groups including California Farm Bureau, Environmental Working Group, National Audubon Society, Carbon Cycle Institute, California Trout, Californians Against Waste, and California League of Conservation Voters….
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…is one of several ways USDA works to improve public awareness and manage the impacts of climate change, including drought and other extreme weather events. Through the National Drought Resilience…
Farm Credit Top 100 Honorees
Farm Credit celebrated National Ag Day on March 15th by announcing the top honorees of their 100 Fresh Perspectives program. From July to December of 2015, Farm Credit searched for…