…is fighting for truth about fake meat and get an ACP update from the recent annual citrus day. Also in the show, you’ll hear from the 2019 World Ag Expo…
NCBA Announces Campaign for “Fake Meat Facts”
Fake Meat Courtesy NCBA The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) launched a new campaign highlighting critical questions about the production of lab-grown fake meat. The Fake Meat Facts campaign will shine a…
USDA Launches High-Speed Broadband e-Connectivity Resource Guide
…access to broadband. In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote…
Western View: Why So Much For Gasoline?
…through the legislature back in 2017. That was a 12 cent per gallon tax. There is an additional 20 to 40 cents per gallon price increase that seems to have…
China Makes Another Significant Soybean Purchase
…a significant portion of its soybeans from the U.S. In 2017 the U.S. was the number-two supplier of soybeans for China at 36 million tons with a value of about…
Gardeners Preserving with a Pressure Canner
…chicken without worrying about poisoning. A pressure canner allows for shelves of safe, wholesome, summertime vegetable (or meat-based) soups to be stocked in your pantry for easy meals. And you…
California Students Earn NCF Award Scholarship
…sustainability with emphasis on economics, sociology, resource use and meat quality. The recipient of numerous awards in her academic career, including a James Beard Research Fellowship and an International Livestock…
NCBA Announces 2019 Policy Priorities
Fake Meat, Trade, Dietary Guidelines, Regulatory Relief Top List The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) released its official Policy Priorities for 2019. The release came as approximately 10,000 members of the cattle…
Helping Producers Aid Monarch Butterfly
…as well as benefit their agricultural operations.” The overwintering monarch butterfly’s western population declined by 85 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to counts released by the Xerces Society for…
Participation Encouraged for the 2019 Labor Survey
…very helpful when we start talking to our senators [and] to our congressional representatives.” In the 2017 Agricultural Labor Availability Survey, there were 762 farmers and ranchers throughout California who…
WTO Sides with the U.S. on Chinese Agriculture Subsidies
…been working to adjust its subsidy programs. Minimum prices for rice were reduced for the first time in 2017, followed by further cuts in rice and wheat prices last year….
Super Bowl Chicken Wings Consumption
…for restaurants, are disjointed, with the third joint (the thin part known as the wing tip or flapper) being exported to Asian countries and the meatier first and second joints…
A ‘Hot’ Addition to Medley Packaging
…includes a variety of hot peppers that range in colors and includes habaneros, Brazilian starfish, serranos, and others. Meant as more of a sample pack for consumers, Jacobs Farm Del Cabo…
Meat Inspectors, Price Reporting Staff Still On The Job
In response to erroneous reports in the news and (mostly) on social media, the National Pork Producers Council is reminding pork producers and consumers that federal meat inspectors are working…