…on the vine until later in September. Due to high temperatures, growers in the Livermore Valley began harvesting Chardonnay earlier than planned. The high temperatures also offset the wet winter…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), will be moved to the newly created TFAA mission area. The U.S. Codex Office is an interagency partnership which engages stakeholders in the…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
…full funding for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service budget request; and for the $7 billion it would give for Farm Service Agency loans to farmers. But administration officials took…
California Walnut Production Forecast Down
…saturated for several weeks which resulted in a compromised root system. A higher than average insect problem was also reported. During the excessive heat waves over the summer, growers applied…
The Western View: Chile Festival
…of heat levels. Here’s some other things the Chile Institute wants us to know about chile. • One fresh medium-sized green chile pod has as much Vitamin C as six…
Funding to Train More Than 100 Future Agricultural Science Professionals
…or integrated projects in the AFRI Farm Bill priority areas of plant health and production and plant products; animal health and production and animal products; food safety, nutrition, and health;…
Ag Groups Applaud Dairy MPP Exit Announcement
…look forward to working with USDA and Congress to enhance the dairy safety net. “The 2014 farm bill introduced the MPP. The program was intended to offer protection against declines…
Dairy Producers Can Enroll for 2018 Coverage
…MPP-Dairy that will provide them with the strongest safety net under a variety of conditions. The online resource, available at www.fsa.usda.gov/mpptool, allows dairy farmers to quickly and easily combine unique…
California Clears First SGMA Hurdle
…implement groundwater sustainability plans which will be reviewed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). Sustainability plans will provide a blueprint and timeline for how to bring basins into balanced…
Salmonella Vaccine Reduces Animal Disease and Foodborne Illness
…reduce disease in pigs, they may not protect against Salmonella that causes foodborne illness in humans. Microbiologists Shawn Bearson and Brad Bearson, at ARS’s Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research…
AFBF Submits Comments on Bioengineered Disclosure Standard
…on the safety of biotech crops Rule Walmsley explains what AFBF requested of the rule Requests The comment period ended Friday. USDA is expected to release a proposed rule later…
Urban Agriculturalists Hoping for Beneficial Legislation
…bill was referred to the House Agriculture Committee. Lawmakers plan to reintroduce the bill next month in the U.S. House. There are currently no plans, however, to reintroduce Stabenow’s bill….
Disease Resistant Strawberry Research Gets Funding Boost
…94 percent of the nation’s strawberry fruit and nursery plants are grown in California and Florida. Strawberries are especially vulnerable to soil-borne pathogens, which destroy plants and greatly reduce yield….
The Western View: Farmbot
…Farmville – you determine where and what you want to plant. With the interface you plan out your garden, trying different configurations and plant arrangements, then purchase the seeds and…