Global food prices dropped in October, led by lower dairy products. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s monthly Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points for the month of October,…
TPP Deal Expected This Week
The remaining 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries plan to remove the Gross Domestic Product requirements to allow the deal to move forward without the United States this week. The Japan…
ASTA Supports USDA Action
Calls for Clarity on Plant Breeding Innovation Policy The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it was withdrawing its proposed rule to…
U.S. Must Make Commitment to Agricultural Research
…that the United States is the “lowest-cost and most technologically innovative producer of food in the world … and has the safest food on the planet” because of the country’s…
Western View: The Emperor of the United States
…Joshua Abraham Norton – The Emperor of the United States. Norton was an Englishman that grew up in South Africa. He was a successful businessman who sailed to San Francisco…
Celebrating National Sandwich Day
…a fork, and without getting his cards greasy. Fellow gamblers began to order “the same as Sandwich”. In the United States, the term “sandwich” is more widely defined, it also…
USDA Aims to Improve Food and Nutrition Education for Low-Income Communities
…In the fiscal year 2017, 35 grants totaling $8.6 million were awarded through the CFP program. They are: Community Food Projects United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, $35,000…
Trucking Industry Bracing for ELD Mandate
…Industry News reports the Western Equipment Dealers Association also requested an exemption. The mandate will go into effect after years of protest and public debate. However, recent surveys show 39…
California President Leads 2017-18 National FFA
Students from Arizona, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, and Oklahoma have been elected by delegates throughout the United States to serve on the 2017-18 National FFA Officer team. President Breanna Holbert…
Western View: Proper Cowboy Hat Etiquette
…the first rule is, It is not okay to touch a cowboy hat that isn’t yours. Of course, we all know that from a popular country western song, but it…
Conaway Supports House Guest Worker Bill
…calling the bill a “significant, positive step forward.” However, United Farm Workers and the AFL-CIO told Congress the bill would “create even more unfairness and dysfunction” in the immigration system….
Celebrating National Pumpkin Day
…word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which means “large melon” in Greek. Within recent years, white pumpkins have become more popular in the United States. The United States produces…
2016 Crop Experienced Lowest Raisin Prices in Over a Decade
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released the state summary for the 2016 crop, illustrating the lowest raisin prices in more than 10 years. Raisin Bargaining Association CEO…
Plant-Based Foods Increasing in Popularity
…out that not all vegans or vegetarians stick with the diet. The United Kingdom’s Daily Caller recently asked vegetarians why they went back to eating meat. The ex-vegetarians said they…