There has been an uptick in reports of the broomrape weed in California. Retired Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Gene Miyao reminded growers at the 2019 Northern San Joaquin Valley Processing Tomato meeting that Broomrape…
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…
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…
USDA Seeking Public Input on Wetland Determination Guidance
…using any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, Attention: National Leader for Wetland and Highly Erodible…
Meat Inspectors, Price Reporting Staff Still On The Job
…and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspectors. Without inspections, pointed out NPPC in a Jan. 19, 2018, letter to the secretary, “meat and poultry processing plants are prohibited by law from operating.”…
SV Ag Tech Summit Focusing On The Present
…to increase productivity and profitability. That innovation includes technology in all aspects of agriculture and the supply chain from fresh produce growing to processing, sales, marketing, and distribution. The six-year-old…
FSA Offices Reopen for Three Days While Government Shutdown Continues
…been received to identify priority items. Other services that can be performed include the processing of payments made on or before December 31, 2018, as well as continuing expiring financing…
Food Safety Inspections Resuming Amid Government Shutdown
…has continued food inspections on meat and poultry items using unpaid inspectors, as those services are considered essential. Gottlieb noted that roughly a third of all inspections the FDA conducts…
Farmers and Ranchers Digest Information on Alternative Protein Sources
…how to get the message out about the products they produce. Plant-based “meats” (Impossible Foods, Inc. and Beyond Meat) and cell-based meats (Memphis Meats and Mosa Meat) are two types…
Navigating the H-2A Guest Worker Program
…revenue-neutral business that helps its users with the bureaucratic and regulatory portions of the program. Its services include a pre-approved management review, aid with paperwork and processing, educational meetings, recruitment…
USDA Extends Deadline for Market Facilitation Program Applications
…lapse in federal funding resulted in USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices closing on December 28, 2019, preventing any further processing of applications from farmers looking to apply. “Farmers who…
Developing Vineyard Management Technologies to Improve Efficiency
…specialty crop research initiative project and it looks at taking spatial data collected from sensors that we drive through the vineyard, processing that data and then being able to actually…
Residue Levels Once Again Well Below Required Limits
…with USDA and EPA working together in the selection of products to be tested on a rotating basis that have included fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat, poultry,…