Category Archives: Agriculture News
SCOTUS Sides with Fresno Raisin Grower
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 66-year-old program that lets the government take raisins away from farmers to help reduce supply and boost market prices is unconstitutional. I...
Jun 22, 2015
Potential Monsanto-Syngenta deal would Prompt Industry Review
The Head of Bayer AG's CropScience unit told Bloomberg this week, a potential merger of Monsanto and Syngenta would prompt an industry review. Liam Condon said "there's only six research and developme...
Jun 19, 2015
House Again Passes Trade Promotion Authority
The House granted the president authority to enter and finalize free trade agreements.Now it's up to the Senate to take up the measure again as well.House lawmakers voted 218-208 to approve Trade Prom...
Jun 18, 2015
House Leaders Considering Standalone TPA Bill
While House Speaker John Boehner can bring up the current Trade Package before July 30th, the Hill reports GOP leadership in the House is also considering a standalone Trade Promotion Authority bill. ...
Jun 17, 2015
Coalition: Calif. Farmers Stealing River Water
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A group of public water agencies that serves millions of Californians asked the state on Tuesday to order farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to stop irrigating the...
Jun 16, 2015
House to Consider Cutting EPA Funding
A bill slashing Environmental Protection Agency funding and blocking several of its new regulations is scheduled to pass through the House Appropriations Committee, this week. The Hill Reports Republi...
Jun 16, 2015
Valley Company Launches #MOREDAMSTORAGE Campaign
In a news release, Gar Tootelian Inc. kicked off its campaign to call California businesses owners andtheir employees into action to help solve California's water crisis."The blame for California's wa...
Jun 15, 2015
Rep. Valadao Introduces Water Storage Bill
Valley Congressman David Valadao introduced legislation to increase water storage in California.The bill amends the reclamation safety of dams act of 1978 and it authorizes the interior department to ...
Jun 15, 2015
American Farm Bureau Report: Final Waters of the U.S. Rule Worse than Proposed
The American Farm Bureau's analysis of the Waters of the U.S. rule finds the final rule to be worse than EPA's original proposal. American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman said the conclusions "are ...
Jun 12, 2015
Monsanto ‘s Syngenta Takeover Offer would cut Monsanto’s U.S. Tax Bill
According to a report by Bloomberg, the Monsanto takeover offer to Syngenta could cut Monsanto's U.S. tax bill in half. If accepted and approved, Monsanto told Syngenta back in April they would...
Jun 10, 2015
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