…can use this mobile phone application to compare their input costs (fertilizer, seed, fuel, etc.) to regional averages, and find financial efficiencies where their costs are above the norm. •…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…per cultivated area should lead to lower prices. However, public attention has focused on the risk side of the risk-benefit equation, often without distinguishing between potential environmental impacts and public…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…way to better monitor how their crops are grown, Orrey says, farmers are able to use inputs — like water, or fertilizer — as efficiently as possible on their land….
Milk Output Record High in the Forecast for 2016
…chairman Seth Meyer says with a little bit more milk output, “So a little bit of a lowered expectation for milk prices,” In fact Zach Myers says price respect are…
Cattle Price Declines Expected This Year
Early forecasts for 2016 call for more beef output and lower cattle prices, but markets and analysts are awaiting two big USDA reports later this month that could help narrow…
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…providing more than 16,800 low-interest loans, totaling over $373 million to producers across the country. Microloans have helped farmers and ranchers with operating costs, such as feed, fertilizer, tools, fencing,…
Agri View: Bad Economic Year
…further negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, as well as expanded access in China. Expanded trade will help to drive higher commodity prices, additional farm income and agribusiness…
Almond Board: Almond Video Teaches About Lifecycle
…to note that the Board is not involved with and is expressly prohibited from setting field or market prices. The Board is composed of 10 members. The more than 6,000…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…for larger and medium fruit, “but smaller sizes are always a market challenge this time of year, with prices slipping considerably. “We realize that seasons like this are a marathon…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…and major contributions in rural infrastructure, among some. Even with challenges in 2015, including an unprecedented animal disease outbreak and lower commodity prices, America’s rural communities have proven once again…
Agri View: Population Growth and Farm Production
…slows in future years, how will global agricultural output, consumption, land use, and prices adjust? To address this question, ERS researchers recently used the agency’s global agricultural and energy economic…
CDFA Accepting Proposals for Fertilizer Research Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) is currently accepting concept proposals for the 2016 grant cycle. FREP’s competitive grant program funds research that…
Better News for Farmers and Other Users of Propane
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has just put out its forecast for winter supplies and prices of propane. Better News for Farmers and Other Users of Propane…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…windbreak–or a buffer strip along a field or stream? What if you change your form of fertilizer or the way you apply it? You can get a quantitative idea of…