Through the years, Wal-Mart has quietly but forcefully opposed additional food-safety regulations and port inspections as well as country-of-origin labeling. First, concerning government, the FDA and USDA must address questions of priorities, resources and budget to improve and enforce stricter import standards and inspections. With the way Wal-Mart pushes its suppliers to do business at the lowest possible cost, systems are poorly regulated and done on the cheap. As a system severely...

Ending stocks for the start of our harvest is projected at a very snug 877 million bushels and the May 11 USDA monthly crop report looks to possible decrease old-crop carryover stocks number, as demand remains solid with key competitors China and Argentina both out of the export market and less wheat being fed to livestock. Ending stocks for the start of our harvest is projected at a very snug 877 million bushels and the May 11 USDA monthly crop report looks to possible decrease old-crop...

Horizon Organic(R), which helped pioneer organic dairy farming practices 15 years ago, today announced its that it will be incorporating into their standards of care the NOSB recommendation that requires organic dairy cows to get an average of 30 percent of their daily diet from grazing on pasture for a minimum of 120 days a year. Horizon Organic(R) Supports National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Recommendation of 30 Percent Dry Matter Intake from Grazing - Forbes.com. Horizon Organic(R),...

The House Agriculture Committee is already considering the conservation title of the next farm bill and, so far, it expands spending on EQIP, partly by freezing any new enrollments in the conservation security program until the end of the farm bill in 2012. The House Agriculture Committee is already considering the conservation title of the next farm bill and, so far, it expands spending on EQIP, partly by freezing any new enrollments in the conservation security program until the end of...

Department of Agriculture has designated 13 California counties natural disaster areas because of the combined effects of drought in October and prolonged freezing in January that destroyed about $800 million in citrus crops. In the coming months there will be agricultural jobs harvesting and boxing stone fruit and other commodities, but many workers will be idle until November, when the first of the navel orange crop is harvested. There are about 12,000 workers in citrus packing houses...