By Blair Fannin
Texas A&M University
Tariffs imposed by Mexico on grapes, onions, tomatoes and other U.S. agricultural commodities could lead to lower demand and cheaper prices for some U.S. food products, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist....
A product recall can happen for a number of reasons, but how you handle it can have a tremendous impact on the outcome....
On the heels of the largest product recall in U.S. history, an ASQ survey reveals that although the majority of the food industry may be following safe production procedures, the majority of the public doesn't feel it does enough. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he’s “worried” about his country’s investments in U.S. Treasury bonds. ...
Co-Sponsored by Musco Family Olives, Bell-Carter Olives and UCCE, Glenn, Tehama and Butte counties...
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request a rehearing of the recent Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision defining pesticides as pollutants and requiring Clean Water Act permits before they can be applied in or near water sources. ...
The following is the March 30 Crop Weather Report from the Sacramento, Calif., field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service....
When rating fuels on the basis of carbon content, biofuels should not be singled out and artificially degraded for so-called “indirect effects,” according to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)....
Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new report, Keeping America's Food Safe: A Blueprint for Fixing the Food Safety System at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which examines problems with the fragmented and antiquated current system and proposes ways to improve the food safety functions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to better protect the nation's food supply....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The first skirmish in the 2009 version of the battle over payment limits has been held, and farmers appear to have won....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says producers can pay a buy-in fee to become eligible for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) and Tree Assistance Programs (TAP) for the 2008 crop year....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farm-state members of Congress are trying once again to force the executive branch of the government to remove barriers to sales of wheat, rice and other U.S. agricultural products to Cuba....
University of California entomologist Charles Summers whose career spans 39 years in field and vegetable crops pest management is the winner of the prestigious Charles W. Woodworth Award from the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America....
Gabriele Ludwig, senior environmental manager of global technical and regulatory affairs for the Almond Board of California (ABC), is the new board chair for Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)....
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has received the “Golden Checkmark” award from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement for his role in developing an innovative food safety program....
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