…held at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension (KARE) Center. The demonstration featured the performance of a Spagnolo SG Spur Pruner as well as the VMech 2220 Vineyard Mechanization Trailer. …
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Energy Independence Discussed in Salinas Valley
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Several Chlorpyrifos Questions Raised by CFBF
…$20 million for the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. “Our farm advisors are trusted, knowledgeable members of both the academic and the agricultural community,” Roschen noted. “If the…
California Farm Bureau Welcomes New Rule on Navigable Waters
New federal rules to protect navigable waters promise to provide the certainty farmers and ranchers need to maintain agricultural production and enhance the land under their care, the California Farm…
Ag Groups Applaud New WOTUS Rule Definition
…with the WOTUS rule is likely going to result in a series of legal proceedings stemming from previous enforcement activities related to the rule. Many in the agricultural community have…
New Joint Employer Liability Guidelines Effective in March
…in the agricultural industry is in the relationship between a farmer and a farm labor contractor (FLC). “Growers need to be thinking very carefully about the farm labor contractors that…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Using Technology To Make Healthier Cows
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Third Tranche of MFP Payments ‘Will Be Imminent’
…release. We’ve got to get the firm date from OMB on the allocation is what happens. But it is assured.” There had been concern among the agricultural community as to…
USDA Looks to Strengthen Packers and Stockyards Act
Changes have been proposed for the process of buying and selling livestock and poultry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing some changes to enhance…
New USDA Honeybee Research Facility to Focus on Pollinator Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new honeybee research facility at the University of California, Davis. The new facility…
Federal Agencies Launch a Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation
…with relevant background information and other resources related to regulatory policy. The website was created under President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products,…
Ag Groups Respond to Senate Passage of USMCA
…markets for United States food and agricultural products, totaling more than $39.7 billion food and agricultural exports in 2018. These exports support more than 325,000 American jobs. All food and…
Chlorpyrifos Alternatives Workgroup Roundtables a ‘Complete Travesty’
…they’ve outreached to the community.” The meeting hosted approximately 100 attendees with representatives from the Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s…
California Almond Community Announces Five-Point Pollinator Protection Plan
…they spend outside of almonds,” said Josette Lewis, PhD, director of Agricultural Affairs at the Almond Board of California (ABC). Pollinator Protection Plan Announcing a New Partnership Today marks the…