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California OT Law Costs Workers and 2025 Dietary Guidelines
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will meet this Friday starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Health and Human Services and the USDA invite the public to participate by registering to view the livestream.
Prop 12 Kicks In and Ag Trade Mission to India
USDA’s Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor will lead an agribusiness trade mission to India in April
California Braces for Dry Year and SNAP Serves Millions
Even though the clock doesn’t run out on winter for another eight weeks, California water officials are bracing for another dry year for the Scott and Shasta rivers in Siskiyou County.
GE Crops Dominate US Ag and Fuel Prices Decline
Fuel prices began the new year declining after a late-year increase during the holidays. The national average is down 17.3 cents from a month ago and 12.6 cents lower than a year ago.
New California Ag Laws and Farmer Sentiment Changes Little
Farmer sentiment changed very little in December. The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded a reading of 114, just one point lower than a month earlier.
Surprises Await Ag Economy and Italy Bans Cultivated Meat
Italy is the first country to ban cultivated meat, the kind grown in laboratory bioreactors from stem cells.
USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum and Ag Equipment Downward Trend
The new “Dealer Business Outlook and Trends Report” shows a significant drop in optimism in new and used whole goods revenue forecasts, but parts and service forecasts record highs.
USDA’s 2023 Accomplishments and Bayer Wins Roundup Case
Bayer was victorious in a California trial initiated by a man who claimed he’d developed cancer from long-term exposure to the company’s Roundup weed killer.
Not Surprising in 2024 and Biological Push Continues in 2024
Farm Journal and Purdue University’s December Economists’ Monthly Monitor shows views slightly more optimistic than they were a month ago as they talked about what unexpected news headlines they wouldn’t be surprised to see in 2024.
USDA Food Insecurity Data and U.S. Egg Production Higher
U.S. egg production totaled 9.3 billion during November, up 4% from November 2022. Production included just over eight billion table eggs and 1.28 billion hatching eggs.