Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering USDA’s data of the consolidation of U.S. dairies, Cal/OSHA…
FDA Announces New Protocol for Preharvest Agricultural Water Treatments
…the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose is to generate more data that companies can use in their efforts to register new products to treat agricultural water against foodborne…
CDFA Selects 20 Demonstration Projects for Healthy Soils Program
…the Healthy Soils Program (HSP) and are designed to improve soil health, sequester carbon and help reduce greenhouse gases (GHG). The on-farm projects will collect data and showcase conservation management…
California Cotton Outlook: “We’re Holding Out Hope”
…of pima, you know it dropped; it dropped significantly. We think we’ve provided the data to USDA to make a pretty good case and we remain hopeful that it will…
BASF, Corteva, Seek Rehearing of Dicamba Decision
…says the three-judge panel decision undermined the EPA’s authority to make science- and data-based regulatory decisions to determine which herbicide products are safe and effective to meet the challenges farmers…
Conservation Practices Prove Valuable Despite Early Challenges
…“They had a lot of data and were really on the forefront for irrigation efficiency.” Applying conservation practices helped the operation to improve water infiltration, yield, and soil tilth. While…
New Management Practice Proposals Being Accepted for AMMP
… Research supporting the proposed concept will also need to be included in the submission, as well as analytical data referencing any environmental impacts of the practice. New management practice proposals…
CFAP Eligibility Expands with USDA Announcement
…also included other adjustments to the program after evaluating market data and receiving feedback from the agricultural industry. The application period for the new commodities that were added to the…
Hemp Checkoff Program on the Horizon
…“This first-of-its-kind agreement with NIHC creates a focus on gathering data and distributing education as hemp cultivation expands nationally. It’s through these types of collaborations that we learn together and…
Looking Ahead to Potential Ag Order 4.0 Impact
…data collection that’s going to be needed for this,” said Norm Groot, Executive Director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau (MCFB). The Agricultural Association Partners filed several documents in response…
Week in Review: Dairy Quota Saga Progresses and New Pest Control Material Hits CA
The ongoing process to determine the future of the Quota Implementation Plan in California continues. Sales data shows that so far 2020 has been a strong year for the organic…
Almond Update: New Partnership and Scholarship for Pollinator Week
…we can separately,” said Project Apis m. Executive Director Danielle Downey. “These collaborations, focused on research and data, communication and forage, are a critical component to the long-term sustainability of…
New Pest Control Material Becomes Available for California Growers
…insecticide has been vigorously tested on citrus in Florida, which has shown positive results. “We actually have data that shows a reduction in HLB transmission from ACP. So not only…
Agricultural Statistics Review Shows Mild Improvement
…value of the crop was actually four percent less than 2017. The 2018 report also included organic data for the first time. Sales of organic products in California totaled more…