Category Archives: Agriculture News
USDA Reports Country of Origin Meat Labeling Not Needed
USDA sent a farm bill-required study to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees last week that says Country-of-Origin Labeling has no economic benefit to the meat industry.House Ag Chair Mike Cona...
May 05, 2015
Feds: Calif. Drought Kills 12 Million Trees
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Extreme drought conditions have left an estimated 12 million trees dead in California’s forests over the past year.The estimate comes from a U.S. Forest Service aerial sur...
May 04, 2015
Ag Secretary to Attend G-20 Meeting
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will meet with the G-20 agriculture ministers in Istanbul. The meeting will focus on food waste, which Vilsack says is different in developed countries accord...
May 04, 2015
Senate Push to Repeal Waters of the U.S. Rule
Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Joe Donnelly of Indiana are introducing bipartisan legislation to repeal EPA's proposed Waters of the U.S. rule. This legislation would require EPA and the Army C...
May 01, 2015
Gardening And Irrigation Tips Coming To Fresno Horticulturalists
FRESNO (KMJ) — With efforts to curtail the amount of water we use – valley horticulturists are being asked to cut back too – but that doesn’t mean letting your yard go brown.Ne...
Apr 30, 2015
Dems Blast Gov. Brown Over Water Plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California’s Democratic senators have called out Gov. Jerry Brown over water spending, saying that in the face of the relentless drought the state should approve funds ...
May 01, 2015
Groups Support GMO Food Labeling Bill
Agri-Pulse reports close to 400 ag and food companies in the Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food sent a letter to House lawmakers to support the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. The act ...
Apr 30, 2015
Nation’s Top Farm Leader Talks Trade to Congress
It's vital to get trade promotion authority through Congress according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Vilsack believes in order to finalize Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, which...
Apr 29, 2015
Valley Farmers Can Sound Off About The Drought
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will host a drought forum on Tuesday, May 5th at the Fresno County Fairgrounds. Farmers and ranchers and others are encouraged to attend and provide ...
Apr 28, 2015
Chipotle is Dumping All GMO Food.
Chipotle is completely GMO free.All of its restaurants have switched to non gmo corn to even cooking oils.Chipotle made history two years ago when it announced which items on the menu were genetically...
Apr 27, 2015
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