…says, “I hope my administration can continue to work with Congress to pursue new and better trade deals for America’s workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses.” Congress last passed trade promotion…
Almond Matters: California Ag Day Highlights Sustainability
…California farmers have gotten even more creative in recent years in terms of sustainable agricultural practices. One of the most innovative industries when it comes to sustainability is the almond…
Culver’s Launching Third Annual #FarmingFridays Project
…and is part of Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project, which returns this Friday, March 23. #FarmingFridays invites influencers from across the agricultural industry to share their stories on Culver’s Facebook,…
California Agriculture Day Celebration at the State Capitol
California Agriculture Day is an annual event to celebrate the state’s agricultural community by highlighting the hard work of farmers and the variety of commodities they produce. The day will…
Celebrating National Ag Day
…is a part of all of us. A number of producers, agricultural associations, corporations, students, and government organizations, involved in agriculture are expected to participate. National Ag Day is organized…
USDA Announces Regionalization Agreement with South Korea
…plays a vital role in ensuring the free flow of agricultural trade by certifying that the millions of U.S. agricultural and food products shipped to markets abroad meet the importing…
Full 2016 Crop Year Report, Including Ag Exports
…walnuts and pistachios. Export statistics are produced by the University of California, Davis, Agricultural Issues Center. California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country’s…
CDFA Works to Reinstate Emergency Pest Management Protocols
…Western Agricultural Processors Association. Isom also highlighted an inconsistency in fighting early spray applications to control invasive pests. “If we don’t control it, it’s going to end up in more…
House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan STRESS Act to Help Farmers
…make mental health treatment more available for farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers. The legislation was introduced by Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer, along with lawmakers from Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, and…
House Follows Senate, Introduces Emission Reporting Exemption
The U.S. House, following Senate action, has introduced a bill to stop an unintended regulation of farms. Introduced this week, ACRE, the Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act, would avoid…
House Bill Exempts Farms From Reporting Emissions
…Costa, D-Calif., along with 85 cosponsors, the “Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions (ACRE) Act,” H.R. 5275, would fix a problem created last April when a U.S. Court of Appeals rejected…
Farmers for Free Trade Launching $500,000 Ad Campaign on Trade
…to pass their farm down to her children and ends by asking the president to protect free trade and keep our agricultural economy strong. Farmers for Free Trade co-chair Richard…
Crops Hold Onto Harmful Mutations That Reduce Productivity
…author of the paper. Kremling is a graduate student of geneticist Edward Buckler with the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Laboratory in Ithaca, New York. Buckler…
Secretary Perdue Supports Agriculture Exemption Extension for ELD Mandate
…agriculture industry that lack flexibility necessary for the unique realities of hauling agriculture commodities. If the agriculture industry had been forced to comply by the March 18 deadline, live agricultural…