State and national agricultural groups are seeking government support in helping to facilitate solutions to ongoing export challenges. Several ag groups have raised concern about the Phase 1 NEPA revisions…
Review of the 2020–21 California Citrus Season
…was 9% below the previous season. There were unprecedented challenges across the supply chain with transportation and shipping logistics. The China market failed to recover following the Trump era trade…
Continued Ag Export Challenges: ‘We Need a Meeting with Carriers’
State and national agricultural groups are seeking government support in helping to facilitate solutions to ongoing export challenges. Seven organizations recently crafted a letter detailing the need for better understanding…
VofV: Agtech’s Role in Combating Climate Change
…will help provide innovations to assist with the ramifications of climate change. “Ag can actually be a solution for a lot of the challenges we’re facing,” Nolet says in this…
Dairy Industry Encourages Action to Address Supply Chain Problems
…Department of Transportation. Further direct actions recommended by the organizations include resuming the publication of Ocean Shipping Container Availability Reports. USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service discontinued the report a few years…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-25-22
…could ease the corgo shipping improvements and reasons to be on the lookout for possible ag-related cyber attacks. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…five months of feed assistance in times of drought, which is triggered by the drought monitor and indexed to previous years’ corn prices. Because of the ongoing supply chain challenges,…
It’s Earth Day: Anniversary of the Birth of the Modern Environmental Movement
…‘Invest In Our Planet’ theme for Earth Day 2022. EARTHDAY.ORG is sharing clips from Pique Action’s premiere series, NextNow. These micro-documentaries highlight different climate challenges and how innovative organizations are…
Industry Groups Encourage USDA Takeover of Gene Editing Regulations
…combat a variety of issues including diseases and challenges related to climate change. USDA has been working to advance a framework to establish a more modernized approach to regulating gene…
CDFA Receives $4 Million to Support Specialty Crop Research
…to state departments of agriculture that partner with stakeholder organizations in two or more states. Jenny Lester Moffitt “The specialty crop industry faces unique challenges, and with funding from the…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-18-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the challenges and opportunities facing California Almonds, US farmers not alone in opposing…
Equity Action Plan to Improve Access to USDA Services
…and identified key challenges and opportunities through analysis of data and robust stakeholder engagement. Concurrently, USDA convened staff and leaders across USDA components to learn together and evaluate systems, practices,…
Agronomic Minute: Staying Ahead of Mite Populations in Vineyards
…Mites thrive in hot and dry conditions and will generally populate under the leaves which can create challenges for spray applications. Driver explained that making applications before a canopy becomes…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 04-12-22
…CARB informed on electric forklift challenges, farming during the war on Ukraine, and preparations for the Census of Agriculture. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features,…