SLO County rancher asks conservancy to help protect land from development
A San Luis Obispo County cattle ranch owner is a step closer to protecting her land from development. The 1,800-acre Hill Ranch is about 12 miles west of Templeton in San Luis Obispo County along Highway 46. The owner has asked the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to help preserve the highly valued Read More →
Land O’Lakes completes Ceres acquisition
Minneapolis-based Land O’Lakes completed its acquisition of Thousand Oaks-based ag-biotech company Ceres on Aug. 1. On June 17, Land O’Lakes, an ag and food conglomerate that had $13 billion in sales in 2015, announced it would buy Ceres for $17.2 million. For about two decades, Ceres had been devoted to developing biofuels using crops like Read More →
Tax measures could alter tri-county marijuana market
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Weak peso could be trouble for tri-county ag producers
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Regulations, payroll costs hurting Ventura County growers
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Justin Vineyards has work to do restoring trust
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Brownley, Capps object to time limit for comment on importing citrus from Argentina
The public comment period on a U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to allow the importation of citrus from Argentina was extended July 11, but members of Congress continued to express dissatisfaction with the time restrictions for analysis. On May 10, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published its proposed new rule with a Read More →
