The National Agricultural Statistics Service released their subjective forecast report for California almonds and the numbers are right where the industry expected with an increase over last year. Another report…
Impact of Trade on California Job Landscape
…“Firms that are importing or exporting pay their workers more, about 30 percent more than firms that do not,” Colligan noted. Listen to the report below. Impact of Trade on…
Farm Bureau Calls for Quick Resolution on China Trade
…to high levels of stress and uncertainty for many farm and ranch families and other Americans whose jobs are connected to agricultural production.” Duvall also called for progress on trade…
Legislation to Relieve Regulatory Burden on Livestock Haulers
…Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act. The legislation was introduced as a companion bill to the one put forth in the Senate back in February. Both the House and Senate versions of…
Beef Cattle Cost Study Released from UC ANR
…contributors to the state’s agricultural economy, ranking fifth overall in revenue among agricultural commodities. A series of tables detail average costs and revenues and their distribution over the course of…
Still Developing Hemp Regulation Also Depends on Location
…production registration with an interested party’s local agricultural commissioners office. However, there is very little else lined out and rules are continually being updated. “Yes, sadly that’s the case,” Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 05-13-19
…we check in with a County Agricultural Commissioner who says they have a lot of interest in hemp registrations but the process remains complicated. Also, we preview the annual strawberry…
Hemp Registration Opens, Process Remains Complicated
…Agricultural Commissioner offices could begin registering producers who want to grow hemp commercially. Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales said they had had a lot of interest. “We’ve been approached…
USDA Inspection Rates to Increase 10%
…year more than half of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s rates for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing, and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities including meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables,…
Western Hemisphere Agriculture Leaders on Food Security and Ag Trade
Western Hemisphere agriculture leaders met on the margins of the G-20 Agricultural Ministerial in Niigata, Japan, affirming their intent to work together to champion global food security and agricultural trade…
Agricultural Production Facing Constraints Highlighted by Agriculture Ministers
The Ministers of Agriculture from Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States highlighted that food demand is rising while agricultural production faces significant constraints, such as limited access to arable…
More CA Farmers Increased Wages to Attract Qualified Farm Labor
Workers Picking Lettuce in Salinas valley California In efforts to attract qualified farm labor, California farmers and ranchers have increased their wages due to the chronic employee shortages. In the…
Groups React to Chlorpyrifos Ban
…and CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “California farmers are universally committed to the safety of their food, the health of their workers and communities, and the sustainability of…
Last Day to Apply for Conservation Stewardship Program is May 10
…program in the United States with more than 70 million acres of productive agricultural and forest land enrolled.” Farmers and ranchers can obtain financial assistance through CSP to help further…