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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is under fire again from House Republicans over the Commodity Credit Corporation, this time both for suggesting the CCC could be used to supplement farm bill funding but also for refusing to use it to make disaster relief payments to some California producers.
Department of Pesticide Regulation Director Julie Henderson was again in the hot seat at the Capitol, defending her proposal for a 36% bump in the mill fee.
The Department of Pesticide Regulation is pitching lawmakers with a dramatic increase to the mill assessment to steer off insolvency and finance a steady stream of new programs at the department.
A new collection of researchers and scientists at the University of California, Davis, aims to help producers navigate the production of agave plants as more and more turn to the crop to address long-standing drought.
Paul Clark has been tapped as the new executive director of the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau and GLC Cerritos, an avocado grower-shipper, has brought on Armando Garcia as the director of sustainability.
When it comes to water issues in the western U.S.—specifically the seven states dependent on the Colorado River system for their lives and livelihoods—John Boelts thinks farmers are giving up more than their share.
President Joe Biden said producers represent the “best of America” in a proclamation celebrating National Ag Day, one of several administration leaders to highlight the occasion.
Len John Richardson, a soft-spoken and pioneering figure in the world of American agricultural journalists, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2024, at his home in Danville, California, according to his family. He was 85.
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