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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, September 01, 2024
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced that it is initiating a licensing action against TriCal, a company that provides agricultural pesticide-application services to farms throughout Central and Northern California. But some farm sources question whether there is a broader strategy at play to eliminate fumigation altogether.
Consumers will need to dig a bit deeper into their pocketbooks to pay for classic Thanksgiving food items this year, according to the American Farm Bureau’s 37th annual marketplace survey.
Over 50 million Americans rely on free distributions from food banks to help feed their families. But determining the economic value of those contributions has been challenging – until now, thanks to new research by USDA and Cornell University.
Fresh from his annual meeting, Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia shares his perspectives on some of the highlights, plus challenges ahead for the specialty crop industry.
Starting with a design concept and experiments in their office kitchen, Nutjobs was the big winner at the 2022 AgSharks Pitch Competition during the Western Growers annual meeting last week.
Ukrainian farmers are doing their best to keep farming and producing food in their war-torn country, but the outlook is growing increasingly bleak. At least that’s the perspective from Indiana farmer Kip Tom, who toured farms, cities and the port of Odesa last week as part of a humanitarian effort.
The Senate Agriculture Committee plans a few farm bill hearings before the end of the year with an eye toward trying to get a new bill enacted as soon as 2023.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm Equity awarded $5 million in grants to help organizations across the state train farmworkers and beginning farmers.
Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., is pleased to announce veteran farm policy reporter Jacqui Fatka will join the company to continue expanding the firm’s coverage of key food, feed, fiber and farm policy issues.