…DWR senior engineering geologist Mark Nordberg, who is the SGMA project manager, said the agency has conducted a roll call of counties to ensure the deadline will be met. “The…
Smart Water Deters Ag Theft
…hour. The product will stay on equipment for five years. Detectives can use a specific light to identify markings when they come across suspect equipment. Those markings can be tested…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
…market year such as this, he said “it’s not a bad option to have.” He already knows he won’t be able to plant 50 percent of his acreage—land in the…
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
…make food choices both healthful and appealing to students. Perdue made the announcement during a visit to Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia to mark School Nutrition Employee Week. Perdue…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…by 5.8 percent and grain commodity prices have slumped by 4.5 percent. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is estimating 2017 will mark the fourth consecutive year that farm income has…
Spring Picnic Market Basket
…your grocery bill seemed a little bit cheaper for your Easter spending this year. You’re not alone. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Spring Picnic Market Basket Survey, we…
Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast
Mark Hudson, USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, Washington D.C. issued the April, 2017 citrus crop forecast. Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast The California Valencia orange forecast is…
Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog
…were wrong right out of the gate – they missed the mark in both the first two full years of the program – has resulted in a program in need…
USDA Says Corn Plantings are Losing Ground to Soybeans
…projected to plant 46.1 million acres of wheat, down eight percent from last year. If realized, it would mark the lowest wheat acreage since the U.S. began keeping records in…
USDA Trade Mission to Explore Export Opportunities in Middle East, North Africa
…don’t know where to start or how to enter a particular market,” Slupek said. “Trade missions offer a unique opportunity for them to learn first-hand about local market conditions, to…
U.S. Red Meat Exports Strong in January
…abundance of protein, and move more product out of the country by growing U.S. market share in established markets and breaking new ground in emerging destinations.” Beef exports still red-hot…
California All-Orange Forecast Drops 2 Percent
…lowest since 2009, but the measured average fruit size was slightly above the previous year. Hear the full report from Mark Hudson of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural…
Strong Finish for 2016 Red Meat Exports: New Volume Record for Pork
…mark reached in 2014. “At this time of record-large pork production, it would be hard to overstate the importance of Mexican demand to the U.S. industry,” said Philip Seng, USMEF…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
…Perino was also confident that the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the country’s highest court would be successful. “Mark my words,” she said, “he will get confirmed to the Supreme…