…enhance wildfire prevention by expanding fuel breaks across private and federal lands in California and Oregon. This initiative, involving the USDA, US Forest Service, and Sierra Pacific Industries, will add…
Senate Bill 628 provides Tax Credit for Agricultural Employers
Farm labor Weeding a Field Shutterstock Image CA Senator Shannon Grove has proposed Senate Bill 628 to provide a tax credit for agricultural employers to cover overtime wages for farm…
Agronomic Minute: Managing Shot Hole and Scab in Almond Orchards This Season
…detection and management crucial. Cassandra Rieser, Technical Service Manager for UPL, covers Southern California and Arizona and recently shared insights on the best strategies for controlling these diseases. She emphasized…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 03-03-25
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour. In this episode of AgNet NewsHour, hosts Sabrina Halvorson and Lorrie Boyer discuss the newly introduced bipartisan Farmland Security Act…
USDA to Lead March Trade Mission to Guatemala
…and two state departments of agriculture. “Expanding export opportunities for American farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses remains a top priority for the USDA,” said Mark Slupek, Acting Associate Administrator of the…
USDA/NASS Reports Decrease in Pacific Region Milk Production
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) reported a 5.7% decrease in Pacific Region milk production from January 2024 to January 2025, with production per cow in California down 120…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 02-28-25
…Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and serves as a Council Member on the World Agriculture Forum. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich…
More Time for Census of Horticulture Specialties Response
…crops, sod, food crops grown under glass. That’s kind of the space that we’re really talking about,” said Lance Honing of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service talking about the focus…
CDFA Launches Agricultural Workforce Survey
Immigrant migrant seasonal farm field workers work a field and pick and package strawberries in Lake Forest, California. DepositPhotos image The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has launched…
USDA Releasing Funding in Contracts for Environmental and Conservation Program
DepositPhotos image USDA is releasing $20 million in contracts for environmental and conservation programs, in line with White House directives, and will honor existing contracts to farmers. USDA Releasing Funding…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 02-27-25
…a group of farmers files a lawsuit against the USDA. The lawsuit addresses the Trump administration’s deletion of decades-worth of climate change data, a crucial source of information for agricultural…
Canada Stocks Avian Flu Vaccine as H5N1 Detected in U.S. Rats
…legislative issues and hosts The AgNet News Hour. She was recently named the 2024 Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and serves as a…
Softer Sales Prevailed in Ag Machinery
…tariffs, and the lack of assurance that a farm bill provides. These uncertainties are reflected in the softness of the ag equipment market.” Canadian sales also fell in January 2025,…
Trump Confirms 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Will Proceed
…She primarily reports on legislative issues and hosts The AgNet News Hour. She was recently named the 2024 Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…