Month: May 2016

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the 2016 rates it will charge for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities including meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables, eggs and dairy products. …

Califia Farms has expanded its operations’ footprint in Bakersfield, California with a 52,000-square-foot state-of-the-art distribution center. The new distribution center sits adjacent to Califia’s 40,000 square foot bottling plant in the heart of California’s agricultural center. …

At the northern edge of the state, Weld and Larimer counties are already home to high numbers of beef and dairy cattle, buttressed by the region's numerous feedlots, which send the animals to several nearby slaughterhouses. But an expansion of a cheese factory owned by dairy giant Leprino Foods will require even more cows. …