NMPF Joins More Than 1,000 Food and Farm Groups in Letter to Senate Leaders Urging Passage of Roberts-Stabenow Biotech Food Labeling Legislation The National Milk Producers Federation joined a group…
The California Kitchen: Black Berry Pound Cake
…Sugar 1 Cup Milk 6 Eggs 2 T Lemon Zest 4 Cup Flour 1 Cup Berries 1 T Baking Powder 4 Cup AP Flour To get the cooking directions, listen…
Agri View: Pork Exports
…production. Export value averaged $45.73 per head back to pork producers. The top U.S. pork export markets during the first quarter of 2016 were Mexico (470.4 million pounds and $355.9…
The California Kitchen: Black Berry Panna Cotta
…Vanilla Bean 1 Cup Condensed Milk ½ Cup Milk 1 T Agar-Agar 1 Cup Chopped Berries To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West. The…
June Dairy Market Report
…of milk solids grew faster than milk solids production during the first quarter of 2016,and the dairy trade balance improved in April,compared to the previous several months. Record inventories depressed…
Agri View: Growing Mushrooms
…is outstripping supply! According to Ben Waterman, the Cornell University coordinator for a shiitake mushroom growing project in Vermont, “We could see eight times the current production and still maintain…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…Secretary Ross at the Financial Innovations Lab at the Milken Innovation Center in Israel. State Board of Food and Agriculture president Craig McNamara is at the far left. As our…
National Pollinator Week
…and some birds, bats, and other insects, play a crucial role in flowering plant reproduction and in the production of most fruits and vegetables. Examples of crops that are pollinated…
Senate Biotechnology Compromise
…year ago, 275 House members voted on a bill to establish a voluntary nation-wide program that would give consumers access to information about their food, protect advancements in food production…
NMPF Pres. on Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on Food Biotech Legislation
…Vermont biotech labeling law is slated to take effect. “We’re pleased that the legislative proposal clearly stipulates that milk and meat from animals that consume feed grown from biotech seeds…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…is meeting the needs of all, explained Dr. Keith Coble of Mississippi State, another ADC founding member. “As we go across the country and see different production systems for different…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…a newly opened small case production winery in Moshav Givat Yeshayahu. Here we met with the coordinator of water and stream rehabilitation for the Society for the Protection of Nature…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…time changes in their behavior; and, new technology that enables simultaneous temperature and humidity control in greenhouses for optimal yield production. A greenhouse in Israel. Our last stop of the…
Honeybees-How to Keep Them
…disappear, leaving the brood behind to die—has afflicted Europe as well. And honey’s far from the only reason to care. In America alone, the pollinators enable the production of roughly…