…President and CEO of Western Growers. “But it has accommodated growth in this state. It has accommodated water sharing and it increasingly accommodates environmental needs for water flows.” One of…
VofV: How Bayer’s Dr. Frank Wong Overcame His Skepticism About Biologicals
…is brought to you today by the Western Growers Association. Supporting producers that grow the best medicine in the world. Find out more at WGA.com. Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock…
McKalip Discusses Specialty Crops, GMO Corn, Dairy Trade at Summit
by Sabrina Halvorson The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is keeping specialty crops in focus for trade deals and working on disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Chief Agricultural Negotiator…
Funding Questionable for New Specialty Crop Farm Bill Programs
…Western Growers and co-chair of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance says it’s hard to say what is the most important of all the priorities for specialty crops in the…
Expert Says Innovation Crucial for the Future of Ag
…done that in the United States and other places for generations. And if you look at the places that have grown and been successful in agriculture, they’re the places where…
AgNet Weekly: Rep. Dan Kildee on Beagle Brigade Act
…how it will benefit agriculture around the United States. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson is a 30-year media veteran known…
Dispute Settlement Consultations Requested for Mexico’s GM Restrictions
The United States has requested dispute settlement consultations regarding Mexico’s agricultural biotechnology policies. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that the policies “are not based on science” and “stifle agricultural…
FAO Issues Report on World’s Hunger Hotspots
Photo by Siegfried Poepperl on Unsplash A new report looks at hunger around the globe. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization…
Trade Mission Focuses on Opportunities in Japan
…U.S. exports matched the previous record, totaling $14.6 billion, with exports of soybeans, dairy, and other products reaching new highs. The United States is vital to ensuring food security in…
VofV: Asking the Right Questions with Josh Ruiz, Senior Director of Ag Technology and Innovation
…in agriculture on this week’s episode of Voices of the Valley. This episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast is brought to you today by the Western Growers Association….
Former Mexico Trade Negotiator on USMCA Specialty Crop Protections
…success that tomatoes, avocados, berries, and many other products have had in the US, there’s the push in the United States to try to shut down that access. But if…
Learn About GMOs with the FDA
…This video reviews GMO crops in the United States as of 2020. Only a few types of GMO crops are grown in the U.S., but some of these GMOs make…
Supreme Court Limits WOTUS Authority
…Samuel Alito wrote “the CWA extends to only those ‘wetlands with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are ‘waters of the United States’ in their own right,’ so that…
USDA Offers Assistance to Help Organic Dairy Producers
…organic grain and forage commodities,” said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “Without assistance, many organic dairies, particularly small organic dairies, will cease production, which not only impacts the domestic supply and…