The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s office have eradicated an Oriental fruit fly (OFF)…
Drought Monitor has Concerns Shifting South
…water supplies as ponds and wells are going dry. Some of these effects started from moisture deficits dating back to the summer of 2017. Meanwhile, much of the Western Corn…
Ag Broadband Coalition Hails Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act
…help to revolutionize farming across the United States. The legislation, which was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and in the House by…
USDA Helped Improve Essential Services for 7 Million Rural Residents in 2017
…please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of…
New York Times: How NAFTA Shapes Beer, Bacon and Blue Jeans Trade
…Mexico’s biggest agricultural export to the United States. More than half of the barley exported from the United States goes to Mexico, and most of the hops that Mexico imports…
Partnership Formed to Improve U.S. Water Quality
A new partnership seeks to assess agricultural practices and strategies to further improve water quality in the United States. The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, along with the…
Canada Says No NAFTA Dairy Negotiating Room with TPP 11 Agreement
…United States from the original trade pact. Canada agreed to make some changes in TPP to its dairy market, benefiting dairy-exporting countries, such as New Zealand. That means, according to…
Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018
…and processes that pose the greatest public health risk. RESEARCH, EDUCATION & ECONOMICS Commit to a public research agenda that places the United States at the forefront of food and…
Classic Lunch Favorite Creamy or Nutty
…Two tablespoons are about 180 calories. In the United States ten states supply 99% of the peanut crop. Georgia is #1, followed by Texas, Alabama and Florida. I’m Cathy Isom……
U.S. Ag, Equipment Companies, Benefiting from Trade with Cuba
…the Obama administration expanded the list of products authorized for export to Cuba from the United States, as long as the importers were not affiliated with the Cuban government. Further,…
Study: Killing NAFTA Kills Manufacturing, Agriculture Jobs
A new report by Business Roundtable suggests that ending the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would result in job losses of more than 1.8 billion in the United States….
TPP 11 Agreement in Place, Signing set for March
…Agreement talks later this week. An NCBA spokesperson says: “We encourage negotiators in Montreal to continue building on the progress made in previous rounds so the United States can focus…
TPP Talks Continue as Canada Shows Hesitation
Trade officials gathering this week in Tokyo are trying to forge ahead on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without the United States but are bogged down by Canada. The member countries…
Two Dairy Leaders Join Dairy Council of CA Board
…dairyman and state leaders. Van Groningen also serves on the board of Western United Dairymen. He received a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and management from California Polytechnic State University,…