…best option for ensuring the rights of producers are recognized. “The WOTUS rule is the most burdensome and far reaching piece of regulation we have ever seen, touching almost every…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…Farm Bill authorized a new safety-net that protects producers only when market forces or adverse weather cause unexpected drops in crop prices or revenues,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “For…
GMO Testing Pilot Project to Ensure Compliance with National Organic Program
…does not necessarily constitute a violation of the regulation. The NOP relies on organic certifiers and producers to determine preventative practices that most effectively avoid contact with GMOs on an…
Stormwater Runoff Project Needs Your Help
UC Davis researchers need a little help from producers moving forward with their project looking to replenish groundwater levels with winter flooding of agriculture land. Stormwater Project Needs Your Help…
National Co-op Month: A Reminder of the Cooperative Nature of Food and Agriculture
…Inc. of Artesia at number-six, Blue Diamond in Sacramento is #25, Sunkist out of Sherman Oaks is #32, and Pacific Coast Producers of Lodi is #71 Here at CDFA, we…
No More Constraints on U.S. Cotton Policy
…or producers in other countries. “Under the current farm law, U.S. cotton farmers are even more attuned to market conditions,” Adams said. “For the U.S. cotton industry to sustain production…
USDA Invests in Locally-Led Conservation Projects Through New Regional Conservation Partnership Program
…Service (NRCS). State, local and regional partners join with agricultural producers to achieve specific, measurable results such as: clean and abundant water resources to provide drinking water for communities, irrigate…
Winery Water Reuse Guidelines
…there treated wastewater for irrigation. UC Davis Junior Specialist Maya Buelow says their project hopes to document what producers need to do to safely use this practice on their crops….
California livestock marketers attend LMA D.C.
…on the livestock marketing industry. Dan Harris, LMA President and owner of Holton Livestock Exchange (KS); David Macedo, LMA Government and Industry Affairs Committee chair and owner, president of Tulare…
California’s CalAgJobs.com Receives Federal Grant
…the state’s economy. Specialty crop producers stand to benefit most, as they’ll be able to more easily identify and recruit interns, while the industry as a whole will be better…
New CA Livestock Antibiotic Law Strictest in US
California’s new livestock antibiotic bill is now law, and it’s the toughest in the U.S. Sabrina Hill has more. New CA Livestock Law California now has the strictest livestock antibiotics…
Opinion: You Know You’re At a California Fair When…
…was developed in the early nineteenth century when agricultural reformers in the northeastern United States organized local exhibitions to promote modern farming. Typical events included livestock judging, exhibits of new…
Judge Orders Nationwide Stay of WOTUS Rule
…the Senate to pass legislation to nullify this rule just as the House has already done. Farmers and ranchers cannot afford to wait.” From the National Pork Producers Council In…
Growth Energy Praises NCGA and NFU’s Work to Highlight the Importance of the RFS to Farm Income
…a severe strain on America’s rural economy. The past several years of inaction by EPA have resulted in significant uncertainty among producers, stifling growth, innovation and the necessary investment to…