…do with these complimentary consumables, you’ll be able to source food and medicine at a price you can’t beat. You just need to be absolutely sure that what you’re picking…
Study Results Help Understand Red Blotch Disease
…to research published this month in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The new research also showed that infected vines weren’t able to conduct water effectively, leaving whatever sugar…
Reaction to First 2019 CVP Water Allocation
…it through the dry times, particularly with the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “Food is a necessity of life, and the Central Valley is growing a significant part…
AgSafe Annual Conference Coming Up Next Week
…food safety, and leadership development. “This is really the flagship of AgSafe,” said AgSafe President and CEO Amy Wolfe. “We’ve been doing this conference going on 25 years and it’s…
California Cattle Council Vote Approaches
…have been mailed to individuals and businesses that sold cattle in 2018, with a voting window between February 19 and March 21. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)…
FDA Releases New Guidance for Product Recalls
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced new plans as to how the agency will address public notifications regarding product recalls moving forward. The FDA issued final guidance…
Students Set to Celebrate Agriculture and Leadership During FFA Week
Agriculture is part of our daily lives—from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. On Saturday, nearly 670,000 FFA members across the country will begin to share the…
Broccoli Byproducts Showing Benefits as Poultry Feed Additive
…sought-after trait by food companies and consumers. “We also looked at the eggs and noticed right away this incredible difference in colors between the eggs from the birds that were…
Tomato Trade Agreement with Mexico Ends Amidst Dumping Complaints
…that the decision is a result of complaints from American tomato growers that their prices are being undercut by imports. The six-year-old agreement prevented an anti-dumping investigation in exchange for…
California Farm Bureau Appoints Jim Houston as Administrator
…CFBF Legal Services Division and serving as the organization’s administrative counsel. Prior to joining CFBF, Houston worked for six years at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, first as…
Almonds Get $6 Million in Trade Promotion Funding
…included the Market Facilitation Program to provide payments to farmers harmed by retaliatory tariffs, and a food purchase and distribution program to assist producers of targeted commodities. The Almond Alliance…
Nutria Issues Continue for California Farmers
…to California, it is not the first time the rodenisas been a problem for the state. The California Department of Food and Agriculture determined that they had been eradicated in…
ACP Update from UCR Citrus Day
…Projects for the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Raymond Leclerc provided a general overview of how ACP seems to migrate throughout the state. “I would say that it…
NCBA Announces Campaign for “Fake Meat Facts”
…year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a framework for regulating lab-grown fake meat. USDA will have primary oversight of food production and…