…use. Procedures The Pacific Region Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, conducts an annual grape acreage survey. The 2016…
PMA: Work Smarter, Not Harder
…between entrepreneurs and members from all aspects of the food chain. Labor challenges in agriculture are only getting worse with less available workers and increasing costs. PMA’s Chief Science and…
May is National Egg Month
…nature’s miracle foods. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. May is National Egg Month. That means an entire month dedicated to the many virtues of what could…
Global Food Prices Fall for Third Consecutive Month
The latest measure of global food prices indicates another month of decline. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s monthly report released this week showed a 1.8 percent…
U.S. on Path to Sustainable Commercial Fishing Waters
…science, opens up economic opportunities to Americans along the supply chain – from buying bait at a local marina to enjoying a seafood dinner.” The U.S commercial fishing and seafood…
Community Helps School Garden
…coming up on This Land of Ours. Healthy food in school-provided lunches has long been a topic of concern for parents at one elementary school in Arvada, Colorado. That’s…
Bayer to Sell Liberty Crop Protection to Gain Monsanto Takeover Approval
Bayer will sell its Liberty and Libertylink-branded seeds business to gain antitrust approval for its acquisition of Monsanto. Reuters reports the divestment of the two global brands, a requirement imposed…
Ag Export Groups Support CREAATE Act
…will “provide the U.S. agricultural community with the tools needed to retain its edge in an increasingly competitive global economy.” The Act calls for phasing in additional annual funding for…
Cauliflower at Center Plate
…few. Big companies such as B&G Foods, who bought the brand Green Giant from General Mills, and Whole Foods both reported seeing double-digit growth in nationwide sales of the vegetable…
Federal Policies on Rural Issues Gain Attention
…in agriculture, manufacturing and all of the food trades just basically came uncorked in some form or fashion.” “For a lot of sectors in agriculture, NAFTA is working well,” Moore…
Urban School Food Alliance Responds to School Nutrition Standard
…programs. As leaders of large urban schools, the Urban School Food Alliance will continue to partner with the USDA in the K-12 arena by leading in reducing food costs and…
FDA to Address Agricultural Biotechnology Misinformation
…the money is to be used to tout “the environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts” of biotech crops and their final food products. The bill includes $3 million…
Agri View: Imported Heart Healthy Foods
Everett Griner talks about one of our heart healthy foods still being imported in today’s Agri View. Back when I was a young farm reporter I…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…real food, this ‘fake food’ movement has gone in the opposite direction, flaunting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards that define milk as the product of cows, not heavily…