…This Land of Ours. Gardening with Double Reach Rows Depending on the size of your garden, if you’re looking to grow even more food you may want to consider double…
National Chicken Council Animal Welfare Guidelines Certified
…Regulatory Affairs. She says consumers want to be sure that all animals being raised for food are treated with respect and are properly cared for during their lives. “The families…
Agri View: Consumer Access to Food Stores
…in food. Supermarkets and supercenters are those that carry practically any of food item your family needs. Warehouse centers are well stocked with food. They also carry an extensive line…
Ants Good and Bad for Your Garden
…food for birds, lizards, and other beneficials. Their tunnels aerate the soil and allow water and nutrients to flow directly to the plant roots. They also distribute seeds by storing…
The Answer to Reforming Immigration Remains Elusive
…would the legislature want to give us an agricultural labor bill that doesn’t add labor to our workforce but detracts and diminishes the labor supply we have in this country?”…
CDFA Awards $69.9 Million for Dairy Digester Projects
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $69.9 million in grant funding to 40 dairy digester projects across the state. These projects, part of the Dairy Digester…
Grocers Seek Tighter Rules on Labeling GMO Ingredients
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) joined several large food companies in calling for stricter requirements on labeling GMO ingredients during the comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)…
EU Wheat Harvest Hit Hard by Drought
…EU are adding to the speculation that global supplies of the food staple will shrink during the 2018-2019 marketing year. Several of the world’s top production areas have faced adverse…
Organic Foods Set to Continue Growing
…Market Research, the global organic food and beverage market was estimated to be worth around $125 billion last year, and is expected to nearly triple in size by 2024, climbing…
CoBank: Trade War Takes a Toll on Ag Economy
…some historical shakeups in supply chain commitments as customers may look for new trade relationships. Tanner Ehmke, manager of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division, says trade concerns pose the greatest threat…
Final Countdown for 2017 Census of Agriculture
…small food animals, count in the survey if $1,000 worth of those products were sold,” Rater says. She said the census is a critical tool that gives producers an important…
Source of Lettuce Linked to E. Coli Outbreak Identified
…E. coli that began to cause people to fall ill three months ago. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuing to investigate how the irrigation water became contaminated…
You Should Consider Growing Wildflowers
…they sink into the ground and then they’ll take it from there. Many wildflowers are also edible. For example, Dandelions. They supply delicious leaves. Clover flowers are tasty as tea….
Meat Companies Accused of Artificially Inflating Pork Prices
…percent. The “year-average” price in the hog market was $76.30 in 2015, after being at or below $50 annually from 1998-2009. Hormel Foods issues a statement saying, “Hormel Foods is…