…activities for the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Food Safety and…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 06-28-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering how young farmers are successfully shrinking their student loan…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 06-27-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the Forbes Ag Tech Summit, funding for the FARMER…
Almond Update: Children’s Book Educating and Raising Money for FFA
Another project out of the 2019 Almond Leadership Program is creatively raising money for California Future Farmers of America. Grizzly Nut and leadership program participant Falastine ‘Fill’ Munoz is a mother…
Industry Concerned with FDA Oversight of Animal Genomics
Industry members are pushing for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assume regulatory oversight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when it comes to animal genomics. In…
CFBF: California Budget ‘A Win’ for Agriculture Despite Funding Cuts
…and a testament to our sticking together and working together to achieve positive outcomes,” said Jim Houston, Administrator for the California Farm Bureau Federation. “We look forward to having discussions…
USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
…Program RFA was issued (Section 4205). Tribal Consultation: On May 1-2, 2019, USDA met with tribal leaders during the OneUSDA Farm Bill Tribal Consultation and discussed the 2018 Farm Bill implementation….
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 06-26-19
…orchards as temperatures continue to heat up and how a new partnership is enhancing farm to school efforts. You’ll also hear California Farm Bureau’s Shannon Douglas give her testimony at…
New Tariffs Include Pesticides
…included. The National Association of Farm Broadcasters reported that CropLife America and a specialty chemical trade group filed comments with the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office that stated the tariffs would…
Growers Needed for Powdery Mildew Research in Vineyards
…Gabriel Torres, Viticulture Farm Advisor for Tulare and Kings counties. “We have at least five different groups, or mode of actions, and for four of them we have registered resistance….
California Represents Cover Crops at House Hearing
…was California Farm Bureau Federation First Vice President and Grower Shannon Douglass. California Congressman and Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug LaMalfa asked Douglass questions about the challenges producers have with soil…
Enhancing Farm to School Efforts Through New Partnership
…Nutrition Service’s Office of Community Food Systems (OCFS). The new partnership will be an effort to develop farm to school trainings for agricultural producers. The farm to school training and…
Concern Raised by Increased Botrytis Presence
…Farm Advisor for Tulare and Kings counties. “It is something that we expected having that amount of rain that late in the season. That’s like the perfect storm to develop…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 06-25-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering tariffs and how India is joining in on the…