…Mulhern. “The new secretary will have many issues on his plate of great concern to dairy farmers, such as fixing the dairy safety net program, developing export markets, updating child…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of the National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative, the country’s premier robotics program, and involves three of the four UC CITRIS campuses. Farmers are already using technology such as infrared…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
By Lorena Anderson, Assistant News Director, UC Merced Communications Everyone in the campus community can get fresh produce from the farmers market truck that comes to campus each week. (Image…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…immediate harm to U.S. dairy farmers and processors. While Mexico has been an incredibly valuable trading partner for dairy, Canada, by sharp contrast, has habitually worked to undermine dairy trade….
Putting a Face on California Farmers
The California Farm Bureau is giving a face to California farmers by taking producers to the U.S. capital. Representatives get a personal experience, and leaders say that pays dividends when…
AFBF Pres. Duvall: Confirm Judge Gorsuch
…to regulating agencies, but should perform their constitutional role of interpreting the laws that Congress writes. That point alone is critical for many of the legal issues faced by farmers…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…rules for the 115th Congress. “I am very excited to get to work crafting policies that will benefit America’s farmers and ranchers with the help of my esteemed colleagues this…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…assessment, and respond to comments.3. What information is useful for farmers to provide to the EPA?Additional information about the use of these products is being requested for this registration review…
Vilsack Endorses Agriculture Secretary Nominee Sonny Perdue
…he’s had the opportunity to work with Governor Perdue, in detailing Perdue’s commitment to farmers and ranchers, “regardless of size of production method.” President Donald Trump selected Perdue as his…
Brazil Proposes Opening Farmland for Foreign Ownership
…farmers and peasants, according to Reuters. The proposal also includes allowing 100 percent foreign ownership of local airlines. However, a similar measure was vetoed just last year. Plans to open…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…started with low beginning stocks and tight U.S. and global supplies. Projected prices rose in anticipation of short supplies. Farmers faced low yields and ended up facing big expenses to…
Agri View: Hard Choices
Everett Griner talks about why farmers are facing hard choices for their upcoming crops in today’s Agri View. Hard Choices You know not everybody stops to think that we would…
NMPF Lauds New House Bill
…branding themselves using dairy-specific terms for the past two decades, according to NMPF. The lack of enforcement of proper dairy terms in the United States market differs from to how…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…agricultural exports. For most timely research into California dairy statistics, please see our dairy pages under Division of Marketing Services. Please see also links in the right hand column for…