…has written for agricultural publications since the 1980s. He was a regular contributor to California Farmer Magazine. His commentary “The Western View” is a regular feature on Farm City Newsday…
ACP Found in Sacramento
…Sacramento County agricultural commissioner at 916-875-6603. While ACP and other invasive species that threaten California’s crops and natural environment are sometimes detected in agricultural areas, the vast majority are found…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…to deficit reduction, the groups pointed out. “These difficult cuts in 2014 resulted from hard choices made in partnership with agricultural leaders and were designed to substantially reform the farm…
U.S. to End Trade Preference Program for India and Turkey
…that have negatively affected U.S. commerce and has been under review for eligibility for the GSP program since April 2018. The country exports more than $5 billion worth of goods…
USDA Predicts Increase in Farm Income for 2019
…2018 which was the second-lowest year for net income in the past decade. Information that was released in February in the USDA’s long-term agricultural projections indicated that net farm income…
Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States. An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team has completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource…
California Walnuts Receive Trade Funding for Tariff Relief
…combined total of $5.7 MM for export market development efforts. MAP, provided for in the 2018 Farm Bill, partners USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) with agricultural trade associations to help…
Progress in Combating Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) Photographer: Reyes Garcia III, USDA Agricultural Research Service, United States The glassy-winged sharpshooter is the culprit behind the spread of Pierce’s disease among grapevines. The insect…
FFA Chapters Use Innovative Microsoft Solution to Delve Deeper Into Agriculture
…student who presented his supervised agricultural experience using a processor called a Raspberry Pi that watered plants. I had never heard of a Raspberry Pi until this semester. My student…
General Mills Continues Regenerative Agriculture Investments
General Mills recently made the announcement that the company will be continuing to invest in regenerative agricultural practices. The company will be partnering with multiple organic and conventional farmers, as…
Optimism for the Future of American Cotton in China
…in place the U.S. market share for cotton exports to China is down more than 50 percent at this point in the marketing year,” said Langley. “It’s critically important that…
USDA Provides Funding to California to Support Projects that Protect Agriculture and Natural Resources
…populations in the State; $3,510,536 to support the activities of California’s agricultural detector dog teams searching for harmful, exotic plant pests in packages at mail and express parcel delivery facilities;…
USDA Strengthens Partnerships and Protections to Keep ASF Out of the Country
…including checking cargo for illegal pork/pork products and ensuring travelers who pose an ASF risk receive secondary agricultural inspection; Increase inspections and enforcement of garbage feeding facilities to ensure fed…
Over $100 Million Cut from Available Ag Equipment Replacement Funds
…for agricultural diesel engine replacement from $135 million down to $25 million. That reduction in funding could have dire consequences for the Funding Agricultural Reduction Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER)…