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Agri View: COOL Labeling
…the law include muscle cut and ground meats: lamb, goat, and chicken; wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish; fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables; peanuts, pecans, and macadamia nuts; and…
Almond Board: Almond Video Teaches About Lifecycle
…and marital or family status. Furthermore, the Board accepts and has adopted the concept of diversity which views society as a mixture of people, all with different cultural backgrounds, and…
How Pesticide Resistance Happens
…and Cooperative Extension Entomology Farm Advisor David Haviland talked about how resistance develops at both the Almond Conference and last week’s UC Cooperative Extension’s IPM meeting focused on chlorpyrifos. Haviland…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…a warehouse to hold an indoor farm. The Western View Indoor Vertical Farming When the farm is at full production, it is expected to provide 30 harvests a year, growing…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
From California Farm Bureau Federation By Kate Campbell, assistant editor of Ag Alert Photo courtesy of Ag Alert Citrus harvest is progressing between storms, the state’s growers and shippers say,…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…
Agri View: Water Management
…climate change. Data are available in the ERS product Western Irrigated Agriculture, which summarizes the farm-structural characteristics for irrigated farms in the 17 Western States based on USDA’s 2008 Farm…
Farm Bureau Delegates Chart a Course for 2016
…of the American Farm Bureau Federation. VanderWal Scott VanderWal is a third-generation family farmer from Volga, South Dakota, and has been president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau since 2004….
Georgia Farmer Elected American Farm Bureau President
Duvall Today, during the annual American Farm Bureau Convention in Orlando, Florida, delegates elected Georgia farmer Zippy Duvall to lead the organization as President. Duvall, who has been serving as…
Transparency Key to Building Consumer Trust
…Center for Food Integrity’s Charlie Arnot told farmers and ranchers from across the country during a workshop at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 97th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show….
Allergens and Security Top List of Food Safety Concerns
…“I understand you can’t lock down a farm, but to say you can’t do anything isn’t true,” Reeve said. He urged farmers and ranchers to consider looking carefully at the…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for January 12
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Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…the same type of regulatory enforcement could become commonplace, threatening farmers across the nation. EPA has said that farmers have no need to worry about the rule because normal farming…