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Sacramento, California - Our trip to the Netherlands is just the start of greater collaboration with the Dutch in addressing climate change in the agricultural sector. The innovations in water use, green house technology, and saline agriculture are practical on-farm solutions that can assist California’s farmers. We have coherent and very similar trends - the convergency of technology and applied research in the farming sector that not only addresses current market demands, but helps position growers to meet the needs of a growing world population.
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Hague, Netherlands - Secretary Ross and the Netherlands Minister of Agriculture sign Letter of Intent on Agricultural Cooperation:
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Sacramento, California - A portion of Kern County has been added to an existing quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detections of multiple ACPs in and around the cities of Bakersfield, Arvin and Taft. A total of 1,146 square miles are now under quarantine in Kern County.
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Fresno, California - Efrain Lozada Rosas, 34, and Victor Flores Fuentes, 39, both of San Jose, and Jesus Cuevas Lopez, 25, of Southern California, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiring to commit criminal copyright infringement and commit related crimes, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Another co-defendant, Edgar Hipatl Rodriguez, 36, of San Jose, was sentenced today by Judge O’Neill to two years and three months in prison for his role in the counterfeit media conspiracy.
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Valthermond, Netherlands - In the village of Valthermond in the east of the Netherlands, we visited Wageningen University‘s demonstration farm. Wageningen UR, like UC Davis, is one of the leading agricultural research universities in the world. Here, innovative practices on water and nutrient management as well as soil health are being field tested on the farm – as an incubator for new farming practices that can not only benefit the Netherlands but also has the potential to address food security across the globe.
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Fresno, California - John Derek Gitmed, 53, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to six years and five months in prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
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