…United States in 2015, with sourcing commitments announced by some of the largest American food manufacturers, including Kraft, General Mills and Sara Lee. Major retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco also…
EPA Announces Award to Protect Northern California Watersheds
…management of watersheds across the United States,” said Carlton Owen, the Endowment’s President and CEO. The three California projects are: Healthy Watersheds California – $225,000 is awarded to the Pacific…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…(TTIP). He expressed concerns about the United States rejecting the TPP Agreement, pointing out that other countries are negotiating free trade deals in the Asia-Pacific region without the United States,…
NMPF Chairman Mooney Speaks on Capital Hill
…products. Among the food items in the basket are “several of the common name products that the United States currently cannot export to Europe or other foreign markets. Compounding those…
Wheat Genome Sequence Released
…Sharpe of the University of Saskatchewan in Canada; Jesse Poland of Kansas State University in the United States; Frédéric Choulet of INRA, Clermont-Ferrand in France; Rudi Appels of Murdoch University…
Agri View: Dairy Farming Changes
…emphasized the safety of their product because of cleanliness, pasteurization, and tuberculin testing. South Jersey Milk Company, which distributed the products of Shoemaker Dairy Company and Abbotts Dairies, Inc., stressed…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…at Hopland is the only intensive five-day course in the United States, said Hannah Bird, community educator at the research center. “It brings people from all over the country and…
Drought Alert: Call to Re-examine ‘Harmful Actions’
…River Exchange Contractors, and wildlife refuges in the San Joaquin Valley. However, the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are now proposing new…
NPPC Honors Industry Leader ‘Pig’ Paul
…the boards of directors of the American Yorkshire Club and the United Duroc Swine Registry – now known as the National Swine Registry – and as field man for the…
Western View: Yet Another National Monument?
…popular opinion have ignored it. Pay attention this time, Washington. Quit feeding the fires of the Sagebrush Rebellion. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West. …
WAPA Urges Funding for Biomass Plants
In the wake of the shutdown of numerous biomass plants throughout the state, the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) sent a letter to the California State Senate and Assembly Budget…
Potential Impacts Of Western Heat Wave
…and potential flooding are items to watch for as the Western heat waves continues for the next few days. Brad Rippey has the story. Potential Impacts Of Western Heat Wave…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…Japan Japan’s agricultural imports (nearly $60 billion in 2013) make it the world’s fourth-largest importer, after the United States, China, and the European Union (EU). Based on total calories consumed,…
Petition to Legalize Industrial Hemp
…industrial hemp plants from its list of controlled substances, which would green-light cultivation in the United States. The groups claim legalizing the crop at the federal level would open economic…