The second annual Farm of the Future Field Day is scheduled for Wednesday, October 25 at West Hills College Coalinga. The event is being hosted by West Hills College Coalinga,…
Avocado Industry Gets Pest Update at Recent Meeting
…28. The meeting was put on by the University of California Cooperative Extension and organized by Sonia Rios, a Subtropical Horticulture Farm Advisor for Riverside and San Diego Counties. The…
Farm Bill Opposition Groups Discuss Strategy
…that individual farmers receive. One idea that didn’t get a lot of momentum was the suggestion to split the Farm Bill. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
American Dairy Industry Wants True Free-Trade with Canada
…free trade agreement, there must be trade. We need a more normalized integrated market, like the one we have in Mexico.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Ag to Take Center Stage in Round Four of NAFTA Talks
…have over increasing competition from Mexican producers. Perdue acknowledged on Wednesday that they have been hurt by Mexican competition under NAFTA. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Medfly Quarantine Affects Solano Farms
…Lum described the Medfly quarantine requirements as an unforeseen, added expense. “But this is part of my farm crop and commodities that provide income, and I can’t risk losing it,”…
RFA Thanks 38 Senators for Leadership
…proposal with further cuts to the 2018 RFS volumes and now there are rumors that the agency is considering allowing U.S. biofuel export volumes to count toward compliance with the…
Secretary Perdue Statement on Ibach & Northey Senate Committee Hearing
…Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Risk Management Agency. Northery Perdue issued the following statement: “These two nominees will bring experience and integrity to USDA the moment they…
Farm City Newsday, Thursday 10-5-17
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill….
San Francisco Enacting Law to Require Stores to Report Antibiotics Use in Livestock
…a civil penalty of as much as $1,000 per day, for grocery chains that do not comply with the reporting standards. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
EU, Canada, Settle 21 Year Beef Fight
…in stages to 50,000 metric tons of duty-free beef, as well as 80,000 metric tons of pork and 100,000 of wheat. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Two Groups Urge USDA to Finalize Farmer Fair Practices Rule
…National Farmers Union say the rule will go into effect in less than three weeks, barring any setbacks from USDA. The two groups say the rule would protect family farmers…
CME Analysis Warns of La Niña Risks
…the world has experienced eight significant episodes of La Niña and 12 significant episodes of El Niño, a warming of currents. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. Ag Groups Want Intervention of GI Review
…to confiscate generic terms that derive from part of the protected name or are otherwise in common usage, such as ‘parmesan.’ From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….