…prices and also the ongoing issues on the trade front and the impact of retaliatory tariffs,” Langley said. Details on the Administration’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 About the…
Dairy Producers Previously Enrolled in the Livestock Gross Margin Program Now Eligible for 2018 Margin Protection Program
…milk prices drop. The gross margin is the market value of milk minus feed costs. This retroactive sign-up is only for dairy producers with 2018 LGM coverage who produced and commercially marketed milk in 2018 but did…
Growing Ginger for Food and Medicinal Purposes
Cathy Isom has a few great tips about how, and why, to grow Ginger. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Growing Ginger for Food and Medicinal Purposes Ginger…
Almond Matters: Agricultural Education Provides Increased Ag Appreciation
…about where food and fiber come from. Using agriculture as part of lesson plans can also help students better retain information and increase interest in agricultural sciences. “As our population,…
Almond Update: Trust, Honesty, Partnerships Key in Sustainability Messaging
Sustainability is now part of the conversation in every step of the food chain. Almond Board of California’s Director for the European Region and Global Public Relations Dariella Roffe-Rackind said…
Lawmakers Demand Inclusion of Ag in EU Trade Deal
…for agricultural products in an EU trade deal. “Our trade deficit in food and agricultural goods with the EU has ballooned from $1.8 billion in 2000 to nearly $11 billion…
Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields
…serving as the base for producing royal jelly, which bees use to nurture larvae and turn larvae into queens. Vitellogenin also is a critical food storage reservoir for honey bee…
Deadline Approaches for NRCS Conservation Easement Applications
…productive agricultural land from being taken out of production and help to protect the integrity of the soils used in food and fiber production. The WRE funds provide assistance to…
Closing the Trade Loophole That Has Devastated California Olive Growers
…foreign-based company that acquired a stake in a U.S. processor to flood the market with product, undercutting California producers on prices. “We asked that federally, that our members of Congress…
Another Online Tool for Pest and Disease Management
There is now another online tool for producers trying to identify issues in the field. The United States Department of Food and Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)…
Farm Bureau Seeks Action for Olive Growers
The recent announcement of table olive processing contracts being cancelled by Bell-Carter Foods on nearly 4,500 acres of olives grown in Tulare County has Tulare County Farm Bureau paying attention….
Report Details Overall Benefits of Organic Production
…tool for economic stimulation and poverty reduction; as well as improving public health and ensuring food security. “Organic food production is an opportunity to stimulate the state’s economy, promote public…
ACP Found in Sacramento
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), working in cooperation with the Sacramento County agricultural commissioner, has placed Sacramento County under a plant pest quarantine for the Asian citrus…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…2013. Add climbing farm debt and debt-to-asset ratios, rising bankruptcies and retaliatory tariffs that weigh on farm prices and erode our competitiveness in key export markets and the case for…