…from a domestic plant called “guayule.” A woody desert shrub cultivated in the southwestern United States, guayule is a natural source of rubber (latex), organic resins and high-energy biofuel feedstock….
Western View: Fake Science Journals Prove Anything You Want
…cost of publishing on the Internet is so low, anyone can afford to do it. Western View However, as big a problem as ‘fake news’ has become, there’s an even…
National 4-H Conference Delegates Brief Agriculture Committee Members on the Importance of Agriculture in the U.S.
…D.C. delivered a presentation called “The Importance of Agriculture in the United States.” “It is an exciting time in agriculture. New technology is constantly on the rise, our population continues…
Trump Executive Order Reverses American Climate Change Progress, Leadership
…that prepare the United States to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. “Climate change jeopardizes American food security and the livelihoods of American family farmers, ranchers and…
EU Approves Dow DuPont Merger with Agreement to Sell R&D Assets
…Reuters. Dow, in turn, will sell two acid co-polymer manufacturing facilities in Spain and the United States. The deal is still to be approved by regulators in the United States,…
Singapore Plans to Ratify TPP
…agreement. While the effort may be mostly symbolic, it does signal to other TPP nations that Singapore is still open to the agreement without the United States. Singapore’s Prime Minister…
President Signs Resolution to Repeal BLM Planning 2.0
…the Public Lands Council, applauded the action and called it a significant victory for western ranchers. He says the rule would have caused a wholesale shift in management focus at…
JBS Suspends Brazil Product After Meat Scandal
…Hong Kong and Chile. The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued no ban on beef products from Brazil. However, the service has put pathogen testing in place…
Study: 82% of U.S. Households Buy Organic Regularly
…Perdue no doubt will be influential on a number of fronts, including organic agriculture.” Organic food sales in the United States now total around $40 billion annually, and account for…
Pacific Region Cattle on Feed
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.8 million head on March 1, 2017….
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter
…pounds, and hogs averaged 257 pounds. In Hawaii, 700,000 pounds of red meat were produced in February 2017, and 100,000 pounds of red meat were produced in Nevada. United States…
Yara West Sacramento is Newest Addition
…us.” “The transformation while with Yara has been just breathtaking,” says Ron Garcia, Regional Facilities Manager of Yara’s Western Region. “Yara’s investment in the site and in its employees speaks…
The Western View: The Blossom Trail
Suddenly, its spring! Even with these sudden March rains we have bright blue skies and wild floral displays, and the Fresno County Blossom Trail is open again. Western View It’s…
Meat Groups Want Disease Protection in Farm Bill
…outbreak in the United States could potentially cost our nation’s livestock producers billions of dollars in the first 12 months alone. An FMD outbreak has the potential to cause enormous…