…The top suspects? High fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils or trans fats and anything that sounds like it belongs in a chemistry kit. In a special report published by…
TPP Must Deliver Say Beef Producers
Beef producers from five Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries are calling for a high-quality market access deal on beef to be secured at the TPP ministerial meeting in Hawaii this…
USDA, Microsoft to Launch “Innovation Challenge” to Address Food Resiliency
…this partnership with Microsoft, we are now putting that data into the hands of people who can help us derive new insights to address factors that threaten our ability to…
USDA and 1890 Schools Partner in Centers of Excellence
UC Berkeley The partnership between USDA and 1890 land-grant universities will soon include three Centers of Excellence. USDA & 1890’s schools…
The Western View: The Mussel Slough Tragedy
…Mussel Slough Tragedy With the transcontinental railroad, settlers poured in to the Central Valley. The Homestead Act made it possible for anyone to build a farm. Also, land was available…
USDA Announces Three New Centers of Excellence with a Consortium of 1890 Colleges and Universities
…USDA’s historic partnership with 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Vilsack made the announcement during remarks at the Convocation commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Second Morrill Act becoming…
Regenis Application Wins Dairy Digester Grant in CA
…Flow™ from DVO, Inc. of Wisconsin, which makes the only American designed anaerobic digester on the market. Together, the all-American partnership between Regenis and DVO, Inc. has generated nearly a…
Tulare County Farm Bureau to Host Tree Nut Harvest Safety Seminar, July 22
Tulare County Farm Bureau, in partnership with Kings County Farm Bureau and the State Compensation Insurance fund, will host a nut harvest safety seminar training on Wednesday, July 22, 2015…
Pacific Region Crop Production Report
The USDA, NASS, Pacific Regional Office today released the crop production report for July. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of June and the first week…
Huanglongbing Detected in Los Angeles County
…clippings/grafts or related plant material. Citrus fruit may be harvested and consumed on-site. CDFA, in partnership with the USDA, local agricultural commissioners and the citrus industry, continues to pursue a…
Final USDA/NASS Citrus Crop Forecast of 2014-15 Season Has Changes on Oranges
…USDA Citrus Forecast Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size form. Producers, mark your calendars. The first citrus crop forecast of the 2015-16 season will be released at 9:00 a.m. Pacific…
United States and Switzerland Streamline Organic Trade
…the arrangement are being met. “This new partnership reflects the integrity of the National Organic Program and USDA’s rigorous organic standards,” said Anne Alonzo, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator, which…
“Friends of the Range” From the Growing California Video Series
The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Friends of the Range,” a profile of a brother-sister ranching partnership and their extensive family…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Detection In Santa Clara County Expands Quarantine Into Alameda County
…Santa Clara County Boundary Line; and on the west by Union Pacific Railroad. The quarantine maps for both Santa Clara and Alameda Counties are available online at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/go/acp-maps. The quarantine…