…report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the EPA violated federal lobbying and advocacy laws by funding social media campaigns supporting EPA’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. For…
Western SARE Releases Calls for Proposals
Funding for Researchers, Ag Professionals, Producers, and Grad Students The 2016 Calls for Proposals for five Western SARE grant programs have been released. Descriptions of each program and links to…
Western View: Next Big Thing?
…and microbial based technology. Western View: Next Big Thing? That company is Novozymes, A Denmark-based multinational with offices around the world. It claims the title of the world’s largest…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…the 5 percent allocation to federal water customers in the western San Joaquin Valley demonstrates the problems facing the California water system. “How can anyone logically explain such a meager…
Theft Reported While Industry Trained
…investigation. Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) with help from American Pistachio Growers held a tree nut theft training seminar last week. Organizers say the training workshop came to fruition after…
Dollar Up Means Ag Exports Down
The value of the United States dollar has been trending upward overseas and all of the agriculture sectors see a direct result from that with lower exports and dropping prices….
Pacific Region Livestock Review
The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the Pacific Region Livestock Review. Following is excerpts from the report. California Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
…members of Congress this week to insist that the United States request a more thorough analysis of a World Health Organization (WHO) proposal seeking to discourage parents from feeding toddlers…
The Western View: Goodbye to Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard passed into history on April 9. He was one of us – a California farmer, a country boy who excelled in his field of work. The Western View:…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…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…