…Statistical Overview 2017-2018. Several other major California crops will be receiving assistance through the latest round of funding, including grapes, strawberries, and cherries. The California Prune Board, the California Table…
Guest-Worker Reforms Essential as Enforcement Increases
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CFBF: California Budget ‘A Win’ for Agriculture Despite Funding Cuts
…parties looking to cut the funding amount even further. “At the end of the day, we’re happy with what we’ve got,” Houston noted. “One perspective at the table was zero…
New Tariffs Include Pesticides
…put new taxes on the remaining $325 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports back on the table. Many in the agriculture industry are concerned with that list as several pesticides are…
Chinese Trade Negotiations to Continue at G20 Summit
…time now, as neither of the countries have been able to come to agree on two central issues. At a recent roundtable in Minnesota, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve…
U.S. Pork Producers Seek Main Course, Not Crumbs
…the crumbs off the table?’” “For most of the last year, the U.S. pork industry has the dubious distinction of being on three retaliation lists: China and Mexico related to…
Additional Tariffs Still on the Table Despite Latest Agreement with Mexico
…However, the President followed up with an additional Tweet indicating the additional tariffs were still on the table if there were an issue with the vote in Mexico. The possibility…
Industry Reaction to USDA Trade Relief Announcement
…package provides assistance to more California-grown crops not previously included in certain programs, specifically direct assistance through the Market Facilitation Program for walnuts, pistachios, table grapes and potentially others. “Farm…
NCC Says E15 Waiver Will Harm Chicken Producers
…market necessitates a new standard to trigger the RFS volume waiver. As such, NCC suggests that a predictable, transparent off-ramp fair to all involved be based on the USDA stocks-to-use-ratio in…
Growing Radicchio Adds Color to Your Garden
…up on This Land of Ours. Growing Radicchio Adds Color to Your Garden Radicchio is a common and pretty vegetable used widely throughout Italy. Growing Radicchio in your garden adds…
Western View: Diamonds Found in California?
…there were this diamonds to think about. A man named M. E. Cooney did indeed think about them. Ruins of Cherokee Bank on Table Mountain by Podruznik, Public Domain, Wikimedia…
Second Largest Final Grape Crush Report in Nearly A Decade
…up close to four percent over 2017. Raisin type varieties decreased more than 12 percent in tonnage crushed with little more than 82,000. Table type grape varieties increased eight percent…
New Olive Contracts Being Offered to Offset Damage from Cancelations
…costs of table olives in California, we have not been able to compete with our foreign competition and have made the decision to reduce our contracted acreage in California.” Musco…
Lawmakers Demand Inclusion of Ag in EU Trade Deal
…group of 114 lawmakers is demanding that the Trump Administration remain committed to keeping agriculture on the negotiating table. “As you know, agriculture is the source of a great number…