…and Ag Board meeting on drought and workforce, and a recap of the Farm Bill hearing on SNAP. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Finding Trends in Food Production
…enables insights-driven farming Resources for cybersecurity Changes in Farm ownership models New business models that are emerging. The global population is projected to increase by 2.2 billion by 2050, requiring…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 04-29-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the genesis of Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Foodies, food inflation is surpassing expectations…
Continued Ag Export Challenges: ‘We Need a Meeting with Carriers’
…the letter include California Farm Bureau, Western Growers Association, National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council, Western United Dairies, and the California Walnut Handlers Alliance. The groups acknowledge the…
NRCS Seeks Cooperative Agreement Proposals to Further Conservation Efforts
…more farmers and ranchers and forest stewards into our conservation programs, and implementation of conservation practices through the array of Farm Bill programs that we have in the state.” Cooperative…
Emphasizing the Need to Call 811 before Digging
Efforts are underway to promote farm safety by emphasizing the need to call 811 before beginning any digging or drain tile projects. More about that coming up on This Land…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux told AgNet Media’s Randall Weiseman that the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) was developed as…
Phase 1 NEPA Revisions Met with Criticism from Farm Groups
…years. Duvall “AFBF is disappointed that the Biden administration has decided to reverse commonsense reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 04-22-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers farm groups opposing NEPA changes, John Deere partnering with GUSS, learning the basics…
VofV: Farming’s Secret Weapon – California Community Colleges
…Secretary Karen Ross to train community college students is a perfect example of the way to pass along knowledge about on-farm skills and technology. “I can teach theory all day…
Industry Groups Encourage USDA Takeover of Gene Editing Regulations
…National Milk Producers Federation, American Farm Bureau Federation, and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. The groups assert that changes to gene editing regulations are needed to better…
Birds Lost to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Tops 27 Million
…and are being encouraged to bolster safety protocols. Zippy Duvall “The HPAI outbreak is an urgent reminder to all poultry farmers to ensure their biosecurity measures are in place,” American…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-18-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the challenges and opportunities facing California Almonds, US farmers not alone in opposing…
Concerns Over Prospect of EU Standards Placed on Ag Imports
…welfare standards in the world, but that’s really dictated by voluntary and commercial practices at the farm level, as well as third party and regulatory standards at the slaughter plant…