…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…
USDA Launches High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Resource Guide
…National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Forest Service. The toolkit highlights examples of how e-Connectivity resources are being used to increase access…
Farm Bureau to USDA: New Regulations Must Protect Both Farmland and Wetland
…under the Food Security Act or any rule implementing the Food Security Act. Also at odds with the law is the department’s newly added discretion in determining that a decades-old…
Western View: Why So Much For Gasoline?
…think? You don’t suppose the big companies are getting together to limit supply and increase demand – thus raising prices – Again? Gee whiz, surely not. I’m Len Wilcox and…
Gardeners Preserving with a Pressure Canner
…for these delicate foods to handle. High-quality pressure canners can be found at your local farmer-supply stores or online. I’m Cathy Isom… Sponsored Content CIR Agriculture Harvester Products March 1,…
Farm Bureau Sues to Block Flows Plan for Lower San Joaquin River
…including non-flow measures such as predator control, food supply and habitat projects for protected fish, and said it ignored “overwhelming evidence” that ocean conditions, predation and lack of habitat—rather than…
Snow Depth Nearly Doubles in Second Snow Survey of 2019
…people are going to use to come up with projections of how to do their operations as well as the Water Supply Forecast that Snow Survey puts together and disseminates…
Markets Expected to Continue Strong; Leverage Shift on the Horizon
…shift from the cow-calf and stocker sectors to the feeder as we expand the supply of cattle.” He said price risk remains over the next few years in response to…
Helping Producers Aid Monarch Butterfly
…Invertebrate Conservation. Nationwide, the species has seen population declines since the 1980s, in part because of the decrease in native plants like milkweed – the sole source of food for…
State Board to Discuss Breeding Technology
…technology have great potential for food and agricultural production across the globe,” said President Don Cameron, California State Board of Food and Agriculture. “Better understanding this technology and how it…
Super Bowl Avocados Consumption
Continuing her series on foods consumed during game day, Cathy isom lets us know about the super-food that Americans will consume by the millions of pounds on Super Bowl Sunday….
Super Bowl Chicken Wings Consumption
…left wing or the right wing, there’s no debate – or controversial missed calls – about America’s favorite Super Bowl food,” said National Chicken Council spokesperson Tom Super. Download an…