ASTA Supports Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on GMO Labeling The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) applauds Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for reaching a common sense food-labeling agreement….
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…of these different regions and their various crops.” ADC’s mission is to create a neutral, independent warehouse where farmers can securely store and control the data generated by their tractors,…
ASTA New Leadership to Guide Future of Seed Industry
More than 470 seed industry professionals from across the nation gathered in Portland, Oregon June 18-22 for a joint Annual Convention of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and the…
Agri View: GMO Law
…to be wary of its potential risks to human health. Scientists are worried that the herbicide used to spray on GMO crops could produce unwanted effects on people that will…
SWEEP Funding
…part of the California Climate Investments, which use proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities. Agricultural…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…Manager, Statewide Water Planning, California Department of Water Resources -Brooks D. Ohlson, Director, Sacramento Center for International Trade Development -Alvar Escriva Bou, Public Policy Institute of California -Dillon L. Hosier,…
2017 Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge
…who will advance and compete for $85,000. The final four teams will compete in a live event during the AFBF’s 98th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Almond Leadership Program Focuses on Issues
Emerging leaders in the almond industry get a closer look at some big issues facing their trade. Bayer hosted the Almond Leadership Program at its West Sacramento site earlier…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…trade rules and the bar for future trade agreements, including the deal now being negotiated between the United States and the European Union – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership…
NMPF Chairman Mooney Speaks on Capital Hill
…Mooney said that well-negotiated trade agreements have the potential to increase export opportunities for America’s dairy farmers, but he warned that the terms of free trade agreements must be tenaciously…
Dolcini Tours Farms
…operation is owned and operated by a second-generation Japanese-American family. The Kameshige family started the farm following their release from a World War II internment camp. The original farming operation…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…Warnert Public Information Representative UC Kearney Research and Extension Center Sheep shearing is like a dance. It requires strength, flexibility, a tender touch and the right moves. Once mastered, the…
NPPC Honors Industry Leader ‘Pig’ Paul
…wanted done. Producers set the laws, and I figured out the tools and means to get them done.” After World War II, Paul and his brother Jay started Paul Brothers…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…States and Canada (because of fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE) essentially restricted beef trade to Australia and New Zealand (see Beef Imports in the Issues and Analysis chapter)….