…claims and fund an aggressive outreach and education program on the benefits of crop insurance coverage. Provide $5.25 million of new funding to support intensive research on smoke exposure and…
USDA, Dairy Farmers Mark Start of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Greg Ibach joined dairy farmers in Tulare County, Calif., on November 7 to celebrate implementation of the new California Federal Milk Marketing Order…
Input Sought for Voluntary Organic Checkoff Program
…for Organic is aimed at assisting the organic industry in areas of research, education, and promotion. “We want GRO Organic to be a bold and engaged opt-in program that pools…
Countries Embrace Genome Editing in Contrast of EU’s Opinion
…and research into the area of genome editing in Europe. “Ideally, or in theory, regulations are meant to be in place to address risk. And so the more risk, the…
Farm Bureau Looks Forward to Working with New Congress
…infrastructure, supporting agricultural research, and bridging the broadband gap that hurts rural America are also important for a strong agriculture. We hope that the newly elected leaders across the nation…
7th Agriculture Trade Mission to South Korea
…to South Korea such as citrus, almonds, rices, walnuts, beef, dairy and more. 7th Agriculture Trade Mission to South Korea About the Author Danielle Leal Facebook Twitter MMJ/Anchor for AgNet…
Coalition Looks to Limit Future Agribusiness Mergers
…the California Farmers Union, the Community Food and Justice Coalition, and the California Dairy Campaign. The proposed bills would suspend mergers of companies with more than $176 million in sales…
Celebrating National Pomegranate Month
…for the taste – but also for their incredible health benefits. November is National Pomegranate Month! Research shows they are among the healthiest fruits in the world because of their…
Animal Welfare Doesn’t Improve with Larger Facilities
Recently published research indicates that animal welfare is not dependent on the size of the facility. The data was collected by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), a non-profit…
FAS Administrator Isley to Lead South Korea Trade Mission
…Association, Fresno, Calif. Cherry Central Cooperative, Inc., Traverse City, Mich.> Cibo Vita Inc., Fair Lawn, N.J. CKJY Exports, Lemoore, Calif. Commercial Lynks Inc., Alexandria, Va. Dairy Farmers of America, Kansas…
New Goat Milk Facility Breaks Ground at UC Davis
…Sciences recently broke ground on a brand-new, state of the art dairy goat parlor and creamery, near the existing Dairy Goat Teaching and Research Facility at UC Davis. The Noel-Nordfelt…
Proposed Bill to Spur Agriculture Innovation
…Prize Challenge Act is an important way to inject innovative federal investments in the central coast of California’s agriculture industry…Research, development, and evaluation of new specialty crop technologies can help…
USDA Planning Trade Aid Round Two Distribution
…and dairy farmers will receive 12 centers per hundredweight. Meanwhile, wheat producers will get 14 cents per bushel, sorghum growers 86 cents per bushel and cotton producers six cents per…
Canada Announces New Dairy Working Groups
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada this week announced new dairy working groups to address industry concerns. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced the new working groups comprised of dairy farmers and processors….