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Feed a Bee
…of our fruits, nuts and vegetables, which help contribute to a healthy, nutritious diet. Since bees are so important to our agriculture, we all need to do our part to…
Almond Board: Almond Video Teaches About Lifecycle
…budgets and programs to the Secretary of Agriculture for approval, and reviewing program results and effectiveness. The Almond Board is funded by an annual assessment on the marketable kernel weight…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…81 million cartons, produced on fewer acres and yielding somewhat smaller fruit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture crop survey predicts. The forecast includes conventional, organic and specialty navel oranges, including…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…
Reaction to GMO Label Decision by Makers of Campbell’s Soup
Despite no voluntary or mandatory labeling standard, Campbell’s Soup Company has announced they will voluntarily label its U.S. products that include genetically modified organisms. The company becomes the first major…
Agri View: Water Management
…with water scarcity challenges facing irrigated agriculture in a changing water environment. Topics examined include the following: The value of irrigated agriculture to U.S. agriculture, where it occurs, and what…
Farm Bureau Delegates Chart a Course for 2016
…benefits agriculture. In particular, AFBF voted to support the Trans Pacific Partnership, which promises to expand opportunities for U.S. farm goods to some of the fastest-growing markets around the world….
Transparency Key to Building Consumer Trust
…As farms have grown bigger over the decades, people’s trust in agriculture has declined, Arnot said. Consolidation, integration and technological advances in agriculture have resulted in safer, more available and…
Newly Identified Enzyme May Be the Culprit in Pierce’s Disease Grapevine Damage
…Disease Board of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Additional information: * Related: Fused genes tackle deadly Pierce’s disease in grapevines: http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10151 * Related: UC Davis cracks the walnut…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 12
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…
Fictitious Pickups Cost Consumer Too
Recent agriculture thefts in the state called fictitious pickups have brought attention to criminals using the Internet to impersonate trucking companies and carryout thefts. Fictitious Pickups Cost Consumer Too Butte…
Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…to take his case to court, which was met by a counter-suit from the U.S. Justice Department, seeking millions of dollars in penalties, basically for plowing his field, according to…
Truth Matters to Consumers
…Kansas agriculture. The ladies came with cameras, phones and plenty of questions. Many, I believe, were prepared to hear us deny and refute all of the allegations made about harmful…