Former USDA Secretary to Serve as President and CEO Vilsack The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) announced that former U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will join the organization…
Importation of Hass Avocados From Colombia
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule that would allow the importation of Hass avocados from…
No Significant Impact for Giant Reed Biological Control Agent
…for a permit. The EA and FONSI may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=APHIS-2016-0069 Copies are also available for public inspection at USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th…
Proposal to Establish a New Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a proposal for a new industry-funded research and promotion program. The proposed Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order would cover…
Regulating Egg Safety and Quality
…words “keep refrigerated,” and either the USDA plant of origin code number, the USDA Shell Egg Surveillance number, (if applicable) or California state handler code, sell-by date, *CA SEFS Compliant,…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
‘Valley’s Gold’ Gets National Exposure
…agriculture and the people who make it happen. “We just completed our fourth season. Each season has 13 episodes, so we have done 52 total,” FCFB Executive Director and “Valley’s…
2016 U.S. Cotton Supplies Higher than Expected
USDA says the 2016 cotton crop was larger than had been previously estimated. Will that push prices down? Higher than Expected…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 16
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Drenching Rains Dent California Drought
…January 12 is .87 inches, and we are now 3 inches past that.” Reports show a significant change in the state’s main reservoir levels. California Department of Water Resources (DWR)…
Where you Live Makes a Difference
…$233,000.00 by the time the child is 18. That’s according to the recent USDA annual Cost of Raising a Child Report. But the economists who authored the study say the…
Senate Resolution Would Roll Back WOTUS
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. Rule, or “WOTUS,” was first introduced to the public in May of 2015, and it’s been largely unpopular since then. Ag Web…
Agriculture Groups Press Trump on Cuba
Over 100 U.S. agriculture groups are urging President-elect Donald Trump not to undo the changes that President Obama made in relation status between the U.S. and Cuba. Politico’s Morning Agriculture…
Agri View: Food Assistance
Everett Griner talks about the 15 different food assistance programs available through USDA in today’s Agri View. Food Assistance One statistic I saw showed one in three children in the…