What can livestock and dairy producers expect in the way of production and price per USDA’s first forecasts for next year? Rod Bain reports. The First Livestock and Dairy Outlooks…
Talking With You About the Five W’s of Your Food
Here’s another part of ag business. Farm broadcasters, no matter the platform they use, are about telling you where your food comes from, and the price you pay for it….
Daily California Eggs for 05-23-14
Benchmark prices are steady. Asking prices for next week are 5 cents higher for Jumbo and 6 cents higher on the remainder of sizes. Trade sentiment is steady to higher….
Peanut Price Highlights
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.9 cents per pound for the week ending May 17, up 0.3 cent from the previous week. Marketings of…
USDA Unrolling New Crop Insurance Policy Option
The USDA is unrolling a new crop insurance policy option, thanks to the 2014 Farm Bill. Called the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Policy, it will provide flexible coverage options for…
Grocery Prices Increase Again
Ricky Volpe USDA food price economist Grocery prices are going up once again. The latest index shows the prices overall went up 1/2 a percent just in April with some…
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…households for a year. Fallowing of an additional 410,000 acres, representing 6 percent of irrigated cropland in the Central Valley. The loss of an estimated 14,500 seasonal and full-time jobs….
ARC and PLC Program Fruit, Vegetable and Wild Rice Provisions
…payment reduction for program participants,” said Val Dolcini , State Executive Director for the California FSA. Producers who intend to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss…
Peanut Price Report
Released May 16, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Peanut Price Highlights Peanut prices received by farmers for all…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…APRIL 2014 Mid-April prices received by California farmers were above March for alfalfa hay. Prices for all potatoes and fall potatoes were below the previous month. The mid-April price for…
Winter Bee Losses Down, But Still Significant
The news about bee losses over this past winter is better than the year before, but still not the best news. Gary Crawford reports. Winter Bee Losses Down, But Still…
See Honeybees at Work: USDA Launches BeeWatch
…development and productivity of any honeybee colony. Populations of honeybees, native bees and other pollinators like birds, butterflies, beetles and bats have declined due to habitat loss, disease, adverse weather,…
USDA Announces Special Import Quota #14 for Upland Cotton
…of PL 110-246, enacted June 18, 2008, which requires that a special import quota be determined and announced immediately if, for any consecutive 4-week period, the U.S. Far East price…
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
…beekeepers say losses remain higher than the level that they consider to be sustainable. According to survey results, total losses of managed honey bee colonies from all causes were 23.2…