…nutrition and health findings in the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs. The latest issue can be found at https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/fnrb/2018/fnrb0118/ The popular online…
California Tomato Processors Expect to Contract 12 Million Tons in 2018
…2017 California Processing Tomato Report. This early processing tomato estimate is funded by the California League of Food Processors, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. 2018…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted in Los Angeles County
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s office have eradicated an Oriental fruit fly (OFF)…
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution with Green Juice
…to getting your greens. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. January 26th is National Green Juice Day. A food holiday established a couple of years ago as a…
Agri View: Food Dollars
Everett Griner talks about what we actually are getting for our food dollars in today’s Agri View. You know the major concern of today’s food shopper is price. Quality is…
Ag Broadband Coalition Hails Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act
…unserved and underserved croplands and ranchlands is essential to farmers and ranchers who produce the food, fuel and fiber across the United States and around the world.” “Farm equipment manufacturers…
RFA Develops ‘Ethanol in the Classroom’ Program for Students
…we want to make sure everyone, young and old, knows about the environmental, economic and energy security benefits of this renewable fuel.” To view this new training program, visit: http://www.ethanolrfa.org/ethanol-in-the-classroom/….
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 01-25-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Taylor Hillman. The Food Safety Modernization Act compliance deadline is tomorrow. The Almond Board of California has what…
Almond Update: FSMA Here, What You Need to Know
The Food Saftey Modernization Act compliance deadline is here. The Almond Board of California‘s Tim Birmingham said there is an important extension that growers can get to help with that deadline…
Agri View: Our Changing Face
…the world population continues to grow, will there be enough land to grow enough food in the foreseeable future? Yes. Geologist have been studying the problem for some time now….
Alternative Antibiotic Gives Piglets a Boost
…on the L-glutamine diet had better growth and intestinal health than piglets in the other groups. Piglets on the L-glutamine diet ate 60 percent more food than did those in…
First Mobile App with Food Buying Guide
…Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program as well as the countless food industry representatives working with these programs. Ultimately, this technological solution will help operators better serve over…
Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018
…to bolster biosecurity, prevention, surveillance, emergency response, and border security. Protect the integrity of the USDA organic certified seal and deliver efficient, effective oversight of organic production practices to ensure…
Millennials Spend Less Per-Person on Groceries
…store data found that compared to older generations, millennial-headed households spent the least per person on food at home. However, like the other generations analyzed, millennial households with higher incomes…