…market conditions for smaller, independent farmers. “Our food system was not broken by the pandemic and it was not broken by independent family farmers,” Booker said in a news release….
Fresno State Enology Building Renamed After Winery Supporter
…from a family of grape farmers but worked with numbers, in an accounting career that started with a local entrepreneur and developer, and ended with the Vie-Del Company, which produced…
Growing Matters: Knowing Your Surroundings When Applying Product
As the 2020 growing season progresses, the Growing Matters Coalition is reminding farmers and applicators about knowing their surroundings when applying pesticides. Tim Joseph of Landis International representing Mitsui Chemicals…
Call to Examine Market Concentration in the Meatpacking Industry
…processing. In this highly concentrated industry, meat packers have achieved sizeable profit margins,” the letter states. “Cattle ranchers, however, who for generations have supplied our nation’s beef, are squeezed and…
Resilience 2020 Campaign Highlights Resolve of California Ranchers
The California Cattle Council (CCC) is working with the California Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) to launch a project called Resilience 2020, as a means of reassuring consumers that California ranchers are…
Ag Groups Call for More Certainty for California’s Water Supply
…and the economy and a huge part of that for agriculture, of course, is water,” Wade noted. “Having adequate, dependable water supplies provides certainty for farmers and it provides certainty…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 05-12-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering how farmers can participate in the Farm to Family…
Week in Review: Farm to Family Program Expanded, Water Lawsuits Increase
The Farm to Family program has been enhanced to help connect farmers and ranchers with foodbanks for better facilitation of moving produce to the greatest areas of need. California is…
More USDA Section 32 Plans on Buying $470 Million in Food
…American people during these unprecedented times,” Secretary Perdue said in a news release. “America’s farmers and ranchers have experienced a dislocated supply chain caused by the Coronavirus. USDA is in…
Lemon Market Sours, Diversification Saving Ventura Grower
Crop diversification has become an even more critical factor for farmers and ranchers struggling with the abrupt closure of much of the foodservice industry. Will Pidduck of Finch Farms notes…
Growing Matters: Label Rate and Applicator Training Importance
…training. Listen to Bultemeier’s full interview. This was a message from the BeSure campaign brought to you by the Growing Matters Coalition, an initiative reminding farmers and applicators to follow…
Ag Producers Can Now Apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
…30 years, SBA has been prohibited by law from providing disaster assistance to agricultural businesses; however, as a result of the unprecedented legislation enacted by President Trump, American farmers, ranchers…
Survey Shows Strains on Rural California
…said, “and have seen those jobs reduced at the same time as prices farmers and ranchers earn for many crops and commodities have fallen.” About three-quarters of the responding farmers…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 05-04-20
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering two state-wide COVID-19 initiatives that could benefit farmers, how…