Courtesy National Center for Appropriate Technology The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and the National Farm to School Network (NFSN) recently announced a partnership with the USDA Food and…
Farmers Need New Water Rule, Farm Bureau Tells Senate
…latest proposed rule for its preservation of the Clean Water Act’s partnership among federal, state and local regulators. “The CWA requires the federal government to work hand-in-hand with states, because…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech EO
…in agriculture. The text covers all biotechnologies, including new technologies such as genome editing, whereas the Trans-Pacific Partnership text covered only traditional rDNA technology. Specifically, the United States, Mexico, and…
CVP Allocation Increased to 70% for South-of-Delta Contractors
…Central Valley during the past week are unusual this late in the year, bringing the month’s precipitation to over twice its average,” Ernest Conant, Mid-Pacific Regional Director for the Bureau,…
Tricolored Blackbirds Part of Dairy’s Conservation Story
…with a partnership between Audubon, Western United Dairymen, California Farm Bureau and DairyCares, farmers and ranchers like the Jonkmans can receive compensation for the unharvested crop that usually is unusable…
Bayer Provides Salad Bars to Several California Schools
…Bayer worked with the United Fresh Start Foundation through its partnership with the national Salad Bars to Schools initiative. “The salad bar concept came from just looking at overall nutrition…
Western Hemisphere Agriculture Leaders on Food Security and Ag Trade
…we stand to work in partnership, and jointly with additional countries, to support regulatory approaches that are risk- and science-based, predictable, consistent, and transparent. Our five nations recognize that innovations…
Latest DATOC Report Highlights ACP/HLB Projects
…and the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in California citrus. The DATOC was initially formed in 2016 through a partnership between the Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program and the Citrus…
CARB and CDFA Develop New Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative
…forefront of the battle against climate change,” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said in a press release. “This partnership is an opportunity for eaters and buyers to share in land-based solutions….
2018 Had the Lowest Wine Export Value in Six Years
…not be paying any tariffs by 2021 on products headed to Japan, the fourth-largest export market for American wines, as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Despite the overall decline, there…
Exploring the Complexity of Seed Development
…Seed Trade Association, Andy LaVigne explained how their Innovature partnership helps to clarify how the seed industry is adapting to new challenges growers are facing. “It really is looking at…
State Trade Expansion Program Deadline Approaches
…made available through a partnership between CDFA and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The program is a collaboration between state, federal, private and non-profit trade promotion groups…
NRCS Invites Proposals for 2019 Conservation Innovation Grants
…transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds…
Follow the Basic Steps for Stewardship of Treated Seed
…Stewardship is a partnership between ASTA and CropLife America, with support from: Agricultural Retailers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, National…