…and the infrastructure made useless. It won’t be fixed in a week or two, no matter who’s the president. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View, brought to you…
Goodlatte Guest Worker Bill Up for Committee Vote Wednesday
…United Farm Workers and the AFL-CIO told Congress the bill would “create even more unfairness and dysfunction” in the immigration system. Goodlatte’s 2013 version of the bill passed out of…
Japan Tariff Reduced U.S. Beef Exports
U.S. frozen beef exports to Japan are down 26 percent after Japan imposed an emergency tariff due to an influx of frozen beef from the United States. The tariff increased…
APHIS to Allow the Importation of Fresh Persimmons from New Zealand
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow the importation of fresh persimmons from New Zealand into the United States….
HungerU Displays the Role of Agriculture in Combatting Hunger
This slideshow requires JavaScript. HungerU is an initiative put on by the Farm Journal Foundation that works to raise awareness about food insecurity and hunger on universities across the United…
Soft Durum Wheat Opens Door to Expand Food Uses
…hot, arid growing regions of the United States than the more commonly grown bread wheat varieties. Over the past 20 years, he and colleagues have delved into the genetics of…
Brazil Says U.S. Ban on Brazilian Beef May End in October
Brazil’s agriculture ministry says that the ban on fresh Brazilian beef exports to the United States may be lifted in October. The ban was first implemented in June. A Reuters…
GMO’s Take New Approach with Non-Browning Apples
After a limited release in the Midwest, a variety of non-browning apples will be arriving in select retailers across the United States this fall. Sold under the Arctic Apples brand,…
Western View: How to Donate for Hurricane Relief
…one group who can handle that is NVOAD – the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. For information visit nvoad.org. I’m Len Wilcox, and that’s the Western View, sponsored by…
UC ANR and AgStart Receive Funding to Cultivate the VINE
…innovation resources in cluster locations around the state, such as the BlueTechValley Regional Innovation Cluster, the Western Growers Innovation & Technology Center, UC Merced’s VentureLab and others. Youtsey and Selep…
Kiwifruit Supplies Cause Jump in Price
…United States, with less than 300 growers farming approximately 3,700 acres. The majority of California production is comprised of the Hayward variety, but the industry has been working with new…
Ireland Tops U.S. in Food Security
For the first time, the United States has dropped from the top spot in a global ranking of how well countries can feed their own people. A new ranking shows…
USDA Agency-led Group Profiles U.S. Aquaculture for World Report
…smaller subsections from 89 contributing countries, including the United States. This summer, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) national program leader Caird Rexroad submitted a final draft of the U.S. subsection of…
Growers May Be Aiding Mite Flare-up
…beneficials such as western predatory mites and sixspotted thrips. Killing off the food source for natural defenses creates an absence of predators in the field, “and the mites have free…