Category Archives: Agriculture News
House Ag Committee Votes to Repeal Meat Label Law
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 and repeal the Country of Origin Labeling law for beef, pork and chicken, while leaving requirements for ...
May 21, 2015
Valley Congressman Jim Costa Helps Move to Repeal COOL
House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway introduced legislation to repeal Country of Origin Labeling, which has been ruled as non-compliant by the World Trade Organization. In light of the WTO's decision...
May 20, 2015
Delta Farmers Propose Voluntary Water Cuts
(AP) Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are proposing voluntarily cutting their water use to avoid even harsher restrictions later this summer as the state’s record drought contin...
May 19, 2015
Save Water and Make Money
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting applications for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program. An estimated $10 million will be available for competitive grant...
May 19, 2015
Conflicting Messages on USDA’s GMO Free Label Plan
The Associated Press reported the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is developing a voluntary GMO Free label.The Coalition for Safe, Affordable Food says this plan is sim...
May 18, 2015
Gerawan Farms Wins Appeal in UFW Fight
(KMJ) A California appeals court has sided with one of the largest fruit farms in the country in its fight with state regulators and a union over a labor contract for its workers.The 5th District Cour...
May 15, 2015
USDA Hopes to Help Offset Organic Certification Costs
The organic industry saw record growth in the United States with more than 39 billion dollars in retail sales last year. Due to this growth the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural marketing ...
May 15, 2015
Honey Bee Losses Continue to Mount
The Bee Informed Partnership recently released the results of its 2014-2015 Colony Loss Survey. For the 2014-2015 winter, managed honey bee colony losses were 23.1%.But for the first time, summer loss...
May 14, 2015
House Bill would Force EPA to Scrap Waters of the U.S. Rule
American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman says the U.S. House of Representatives sent a strong, bipartisan message that the flawed Waters of the U.S. rule is unacceptable and should be scrapped. By ...
May 13, 2015
Lots of Agriculture Jobs Open Across the Nation
A new report produced by Purdue University, with grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shows demand for recent college graduates with degr...
May 12, 2015
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