…growth. The results should prove useful to Wisconsin’s $43.4-billion dairy industry. Because much of the cost of a cow is the feed and labor needed to maintain her, fewer but…
Labor Issues Increase Vineyard Mechanization Attention
…labor challenges. The Sustainable Ag Expo was headlined this year by presentations on labor challenges and a panel discussion on how those challenges are driving the adoption of mechanization. There…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…prevented planting payment is made to compensate for the producer’s pre-planting costs generally incurred in preparation for planting the crop. These costs can include purchase of machinery, land rent, fertilizer,…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…Cost of Thanksgiving Meal The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people is a little bit cheaper this year compared to last year. Just under 50-dollars according to the…
Agri View: Food Cost
Everett Griner talks about Economic rise led by food cost in today’s Agri View. Food Cost Well, the USDA has released information that will shock not many, if anybody at…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
…take effect December 9, 2016 and will help reduce costs and streamline operations where our services have been underutilized. APHIS’ bird import quarantine facility in Otay Mesa, California, has been…
Our Thanksgiving Meal Could Cost Less This Year
Thanksgiving food shoppers will have at least one thing to be thankful for. Gary Crawford has the story. meal-could-cost-less…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
…development in forested areas, is dramatically driving up the cost of fighting fires and squeezing funding for the very efforts that would protect watersheds and restore forests to make them…
Back to the Future? H-2A Program Growth
The H-2A program has grown exponentially over the last seven years, especially in California, showing history repeating itself in the agriculture labor sector. The H-2A program allows employers to hire…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…research estimates that about 90 billion pounds comes from consumers, costing $370 per person every year. USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion produces a resource, called Let’s Talk Trash,…
Trump Election Leaves Agriculture Awaiting Clarification on Issues
…swift action when the new administration takes office.” Rabobank notes the advisory group is watching trade, labor and farm bill talks for potential policy changes that could have longer-term implications…
AFBF 2016 Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey
…cost last year, 2015, was $50.11.) The average cost of turkey this year is $22.74 for the whole bird or $1.42 per pound. This is a decrease of 30 cents…
National Organic Standards Board Appointments
…further information about the NOSB, visitwww.ams.usda.gov/nosb. USDA is committed to helping organic agriculture grow and thrive through a variety of programs including conservation grants, organic crop insurance, certification cost-share, organic…
Bacterial Imbalances Can Mean Bad News for Honey Bees
…suggesting that nutrition diverted to feed developing larva came at a significant cost to the bees’ own adult development. Poor development, in turn, can translate to early mortality or inefficient…