March 30, 2012

Cap & Trade Auction Delayed California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair, Mary Nichols, announced on Tuesday that the first official cap and trade auction will be delayed from August to November this year. She spoke during a state hearing held in Sacramento in the...

March 23, 2012

Rail Funding Scheme is a Dead End Track for Ag By: Emily Rooney, Ag Council President  During an interview with ABC7 in Los Angeles, Governor Jerry Brown recently said revenues from the statewide cap and trade program will be a source of funding for California’s...

March 16, 2012

Nitrate Study On Tuesday this week, the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis, released a report entitled, Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water. The report was required under a state law approved by the Legislature in 2008. The law required the...

March 9, 2012

AG COUNCIL CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL 93RD ANNUAL MEETING “It’s a New Day” for California Farmer-owned Businesses and Cooperatives Agricultural Council of California (Ag Council) concluded a successful joint meeting with CoBank earlier this week. More than 160 cooperative...

February 17, 2012

Ag Council Hosts Successful Breakfast at World Ag Expo Ag Council hosted a successful breakfast on Wednesday this week in Tulare during the World Ag Expo that featured popular political columnist Dan Walters. The breakfast had more than 60 attendees, including both...