Category Archives: Agriculture News
Calif. Sues EPA Over Pesticide Standards
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ) — Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency, over its decision to indefinitely suspend pesticide safety trai...
May 30, 2018
Wine is Newest Entry into Canada-U.S. Trade Challenges
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced that the Trump Administration has requested the World Trade Organization establish a dispute settlement panel. This ...
May 29, 2018
California Ranch Leader Supports New Livestock Bill
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, as well as the U.S. Cattlemen's Association, were both pleased with the introduction of the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. The NCBA says t...
May 25, 2018
Federal Government Might Spend $50 Million in Seed Quality
The U.S. is trailing China in federal ag research and seed-breeding investments. China has outspent the U.S. in those categories for the past ten years. To help combat the low spending, House Democrat...
May 24, 2018
House Fails to Pass Farm Bill
The Friday attempt to approve the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 failed in the U.S. House, 198-213. 30 Republicans voted against the bill, along with 183 Democrats, without a Democrat supportin...
May 21, 2018
Farmers Union Urges USDA to Address Farm Suicide Crisis
The National Farmers Union says many farmers and ranchers are coping with alarming levels of stress, and that farmers and ranchers commit suicide at a rate five times that of the general population. I...
May 16, 2018
CALIFORNIA DAIRY CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is awarding a $213,349 research grant to the California Dairy Research Foundation in collaboration with University of California scientists to study m...
May 11, 2018
New Report Shows U.S. Farmland Shrinking
A report from American Farmland trust finds that between 1992 and 2012, almost 31 million acres of farmland were lost, equal to all the farmland in Iowa. The "Farms Under Threat: The State of America'...
May 10, 2018
“Continue To Fight,” Nunes Tells Temperance Flat Supporters
FRESNO (KMJ) — Following the decision by the California Water Commission to award $171 million to the Temperance Flat Project, far below what officials originally requested, Tulare Congressman D...
May 4, 2018
USDA Opens Comment Period on GMO Labeling law
The Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on a rule to establish the National Bio-engineered Food Disclosure Standard mandated by Congress in 2016. The rule will regulate how genetically...
May 4, 2018
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