By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
If numbers tell a story, then the latest “book” from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) tells an unsettling tale....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined First Lady Michelle Obama and a group of 5th graders on the South Lawn of the White House to talk about healthy eating, the availability of locally grown fruits and vegetables, and bees....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing 12 vacancies on the Shipping Point Inspection Advisory Committee....
Vintage tractors of all makes and models will be on display, April 18-19, as the 17th annual California Antique Farm Equipment Show kicks off at the International Agri-Center, Tulare, Calif....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that producers can elect and enroll in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program beginning April 27, 2009. ACRE is a provision of the 2008 farm bill....
Farmers and ranchers in designated counties with extreme or severe drought conditions may apply for assistance from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service in California until May 8, 2009....
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the UC Davis-based Center for Produce Safety (CPS) have signed a no-cost agreement to enhance the department’s food safety grants process and leverage additional funding....
The University of Arizona (UA) Cooperative Extension Service is seeking several cotton, grain sorghum, and corn grower cooperators for field trails in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima counties....
Rabobank recently launched a survey to gauge farmers' confidence, and found that, while farmers' outlook on the economy generally mirrors that of the overall population, more than half of farmers surveyed are employing risk management strategies to help navigate this difficult economic climate....
Here is the California Vegetable Review issued on March 9 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif., field office....
While visiting farmers in Lathrop, Mo., on April 6, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is making more than $17 million in grants available under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. ...
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary A.G. Kawamura reminds California farmers who suffered agricultural losses in 2008 that the deadline for several disaster assistance programs has been extended to May 18, 2009....
The Alaca Co., Tranquillity, Calif., has received a $5,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund to support Cotton’s Journey, an classroom curriculum created by the wife of a cotton farmer more than 18 years ago to educate teachers and students on how American cotton is an important part of their lives....
By Gabriele Ludwig
Senior Manager, Global Technical & Regulatory Affairs
Almond Board of California
New technologies, along with Almond Board-supported environmental research and industry partnerships, are positioning almond growers to deal with new water quality regulations for groundwater that are on the horizon....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers can expect to see some changes if they decide to place their crops in the Commodity Credit Corp. marketing assistance loan or request loan deficiency payments on covered commodities beginning with the 2009 crop year....
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