…reduce the tax burden at death allowing agricultural operations to maintain family ownership from one generation of producers to the next. “Should the discounts be eliminated, a significant number of…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…minimum wage and agricultural overtime pay. “We are probably going to phase out crops that have to be hand-harvested if we aren’t going to get any mechanical harvesting to make…
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine Near Panorama City
…Agriculture (USDA), the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are working collaboratively to address the issue. The quarantine area in Los Angeles…
Stink Bug Could Infest by the Tens of Thousands
…Sacramento, Southern California and Riverside. And we do know it’s in the Central Valley, but we just haven’t seen any of those large populations near any of our agricultural crops.”…
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…the United States and “blend in” with native strains of M. oryzae and evade rapid detection, scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Kansas State University and the University of…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…technologies. Requiring agricultural water suppliers to quantify water use in their service areas and describe measures to increase water use efficiency. Full compliance with water use targets for urban water…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
…the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Science Research Unit (FSRU) in Raleigh, North Carolina, work to reduce acrylamide while maintaining health-promoting compounds in foods. The current process used to determine…
Farmers and Ranchers to Protect Working Grasslands
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept more than 504,000 acres that were offered by producers during…
Mexico Prepared to Modernize NAFTA, Wants Guest-Worker System
…the benefits of the agreement. Sada also said the movement of workers across the border must be reinstated. He says many of the workers that have crossed the border have…
Spread Cheer, Not Invasive Hungry Pests, This Holiday Season
…Traveling abroad for the holidays? Declare all agricultural items to customs officials upon your return or you may bring back more than memories. In addition to fresh produce, declare all…
Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports
…2015 dollars). This far exceeds the overall inflation-adjusted growth rate in total U.S. agricultural exports, which rose from $76.7 billion in 2004 to $150.2 billion in 2014, almost a twofold…
Agriculture Education Helping Grow the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…support K-14 educational and vocational training in agricultural science, which contribute to a skilled, diverse scientific workforce in agriculture. The 2016 awards announced today include: Howard Valentine Coffman Cove School,…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…of the Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). “Population growth, along with environmental factors, including the growing threat of climate change, are putting increasing demand on the land, water, and…
CDFA SWEEP Program Awards 167 Projects
…Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). “This investment continues California’s ongoing innovation in agricultural water use efficiency,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “Farmers involved in this program are making positive on-farm…