A new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation lays out priorities, principles, and recommendations for reforming dairy policy. A Farm Bureau Working Group explored options for strengthening the dairy industry through the 2023 Farm Bill and modernizing the current Federal Milk Marketing Order. Some of the priorities for FMMO reform include returning the Class…… MORE
California Earthquake Puts Early Warning System To The Test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As sensors picked up the first signs of a strong earthquake jolting the Northern California coast, an alert was blasted to 3 million smartphone users telling them to “drop, cover, hold on.” It was hailed as the biggest test yet of the warning system since its public launch. But the people…… MORE
National Ag Day Essay Contest Needs Entries
Ahead of National Ag Day on March 21, 2023, the Agriculture Council of America is hosting an essay contest. The theme for the year is Growing a Climate for Tomorrow: How American Agriculture Does it Every Day. The essay contest is divided into two categories, either a written essay or a video essay. Both are…… MORE
California Judge Rejects New Murder Trial For Scott Peterson
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge on Tuesday rejected a new murder trial for Scott Peterson, nearly 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the unborn child they planned to name Conner into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002. Peterson, 50, alleged the resulting…… MORE
Vegetable Prices Spike
Fresh-market vegetable crops in California, Florida, and Mexico were hit with a variety of inclement weather this summer and fall. The adverse weather reduced supplies and contributed to higher shipping-point prices, according to a USDA Economic Research Service report. Shipping-point prices for fresh vegetables are expected to remain above seasonal norms until new or replanted…… MORE
2 Dead, A Dozen Injured After Magnitude 6.4 earthquake Shakes Parts of Northern California
UPDATE: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, the sheriff’s office reported two people died as a result of medical emergencies during or after the quake. At least 11 people were reported injured. State officials says there have been about 80 aftershocks, one a 4.6 magnitude, in the same area where a 6.4 quake rumbled in Northern California this…… MORE
Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty Of Rape In Los Angeles Trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a month-long trial and nine days of deliberations, Los Angeles jurors on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of the rape and sexual assault of just one of the four accusers he was charged with abusing. But the three guilty counts involving an Italian actor and model known at the trial…… MORE
Visalia Man Gets Life for Murdering Wife
Sonia Hughes was strangled to death in the Fall of 2006. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in Visalia a few months after her disappearance. 16 years later Sonia’s husband, Joseph Allen Hughes, has been sentenced to life in prison for her murder. In February 2016, a family member with intimate knowledge…… MORE
Census of Agriculture Underway
The Department of Agriculture Last has mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across the nation and Puerto Rico. Producers in the states received their survey codes last month with an invitation to respond online. Any producer who has yet to respond online now has the option to complete…… MORE
Jan. 6 Panel Urges Trump Prosecution With Criminal Referral
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection, calling for accountability for the former president and “a time of reflection and reckoning.” After one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and…… MORE
