…tends to remove silver’s powerful antimicrobial properties. The amount of silver nanoparticles required to kill bacteria is extremely small, making them cost efficient. Nam and her colleagues at the ARS…
“Pink Slime” Settlement Reached
…company was forced to close three plants and lay off close to 700 employees. The trial had the potential to cost ABC News as much as $5.7 billion in damages….
Coffee Grown in California
…very well on quality tests. And, in time, with new technology and more production, the cost per harvest is likely to go down. For decades, the only serious coffee-growing region…
Late-Harvest Processing Peaches Bring More Green
…the methods used for the study. Costs, materials, and practices that were used in these studies will not be applicable to all farms. These and other cost-of-production studies are available…
Study: TPP Withdrawal Creates Export Loss for U.S., Gains for Canada
A new study says the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership will cost the nation more than $3 billion in exports. Meanwhile, the remaining 11 members would enjoy marginal gains…
NAFTA Renegotiations to Take Center Stage
…complete overhaul,” adding that the overhaul should include issues like labor, currency manipulation, and industry specific issues regarding dairy and wine. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Chemical Challenge to Control Insects
…What you would find in the grocery store would cost you more than you could afford to pay. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner… Images: (top right) The…
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…than 3,000 square miles. Fire swept through a hog farm in Oklahoma, killing more than 4,000 hogs. In Texas alone, 1500 cattle were killed. The cost to replace the fences…
New Protections For Immigrant Workers on Horizon
…to ICE without first being presented a subpoena. AB 450 would also require employers to notify the Labor Commissioner before reviewing the employment eligibility of a current employee. The Labor…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…representatives from the following cabinet agencies and executive branch departments: Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of Defense; Attorney General; Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of Commerce; Secretary of Labor; Secretary…
Conaway, Peterson Praise U.S. Sugar Deal
…administer them in a way that ensures U.S. sugar policy will be adhered to, including its operation at zero cost to the taxpayer.” “This final agreement takes steps to alleviate…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…area should be marked off around evidence of animal intrusion and not harvested. Total lost-product costs were 11 percent of measured costs. Under the PR, cost shares may be smaller….
NPPC, Ports Coalition, Applaud Early West Coast Port Contract Talks
…work slowdown. A work slowdown in 2014-2015 affected 29 West Coast and cost the U.S. meat industry millions of dollars in lost export sales. From the National Association of Farm…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…found that the GIPSA Rule today would cost the U.S. pork industry more than $420 million annually – more than $4 per hog – with most of the costs related…