…Karen Ross visited Vietnam last week as part of a delegation of the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA), a non-profit formed in 1980 by the 13 western state…
Dairy Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP
…insist that both Canada and Japan be held to their own commitments – both existing ones and new ones under the agreement. It also highlighted the importance of the United…
Support Urged for TPP
…urging congressional lawmakers to back the deal. The TPP, negotiations on which concluded last October, is a regional trade deal that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile,…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…of the Southwest are lagging behind. This year’s El Niño brought us a few surprises.” Read the full West-wide forecast or view information by state. In Western states where snowmelt…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…pollution on human health and visibility; Drought and land-use changes in the western U.S. that may impact the incidence of dust storms; and Impacts to air quality from increased nitrogen-based…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…free-range chicken products into eastern Colorado and western Kansas markets. Congress increased funding for the Value-Added program in the 2014 Farm Bill. That law builds on historic economic gains in…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…to be adequately protected. Threat to farm families NAFTA would give multinational grain companies based in the United States unlimited access for their exports of corn and other grains to…
Organic Dairies Straining to Meet Consumer Demand
Consumer demand for organic dairy products is outstripping the ability of organic dairy companies to provide them. Gary Crawford has more. Dairies Straining to Meet Consumer Demand…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
Farmers know the value of organic matter, especially those working in the sand and clay soils of the central valley. The Western View: Carbon Farming Carbon-base fertilizers enrich the earth…
Aquaculture Research
…environmentally and economically sustainable aquaculture in the United States. This funding is available through the Aquaculture Research Program, administered through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The Aquaculture…
Agri View: Farmland Value
…more. From: USDA Natural Agriculture Statistics Service Agricultural Land Values Highlights The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms,…
Johnsongrass Problem Seen by Many
Courtesy: UC ANR Research is focusing on johnsongrass management due it’s large scope in the United States and researchers say it’s spreading north. The weed also has some resistance issues…
Agri View: El Niño
…than average. Over the December–February season, the western coast of North America showed a pattern of drier north/wetter south, but the line between the two is shifted somewhat north of…
Record Growth in U.S. Organic Producers
…organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. According to new data, there are now 21,781 certified organic operations in the United States and 31,160…