The 2016 California table olive forecast is 65,000 tons, down 17 percent from last year’s crop of 78,000 tons, according to a survey conducted by the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics …
Funding to Train the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the availability of $3.1 million to train the next generation of agricultural leaders. This funding is …
California’s Agricultural Vision – Help Shape the Future
Nearly eight years ago, the California State Board of Food and Agriculture began a strategic planning process for the state’s agriculture and food system that ultimately led to California Agricultural …
Midwest Ag Credit Conditions Deteriorating
Agriculture credit conditions in the Midwest continued to deteriorate in the second quarter of 2016 as farm income remained subdued. That’s according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s …
NMPF Asks USDA for Assistance
NMPF Asks USDA to Provide Assistance to Dairy Farmers Struggling from Global Milk Price Depression As America’s dairy farmers endure the lowest milk prices since the Great Recession of 2009, …
Connecting With Farmers
As National Farmers Market Week comes to a close we reflect back about twenty years ago when there were only 24 hundred registered farmers markets in the U.S. Cathy Isom …
Farm City Newsday Podcast for August 12
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe Sponsored ContentPurina Podcast: Managing for Success from One Life Phase to AnotherJuly …
USDA to Approve Non-Browning GM Apple Variety
The Department of Agriculture’s USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to approve a non-browning variety of Fuji apple. The announcement comes following a review concluding the apple does …
Cargill Full Year Earnings Down 11 Percent
Cargill this week reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ending May 31st, 2016. The report comes as the company is on what it calls a …
EU Regulators to Investigate Dow-DuPont Merger
Antitrust regulators in the European Union are opening a full investigation into the Dow-DuPont proposed $130 billion merger. The regulators say the deal may reduce competition in crop protection and …
Trump Adviser Calls for Farm Bill Revamp
A co-chair of Donald Trump’s agriculture advisory committee says the Farm Bill needs a revamp. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Politico this week the farm bill was written in …
EPA: USDA a Leader in Green Power Use
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the Department of Agriculture is one of the nation’s leading green power users. USDA is using more than 169 million kilowatt-hours of green power …
Agri View: Beekeeping 101
Everett Griner says beekeeping is now taught by professionals in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentPurina Podcast: Managing for Success from One Life Phase to AnotherJuly 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
The California Kitchen: Hollandaise Sauce
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing hollandaise sauce with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: Sponsored ContentPurina Podcast: Managing for Success from …