…domestic market. Use of milkfat in all products during August–October rose by 3.6 percent from a year earlier, while the corresponding use of skim solids was 1.4 percent less. This…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…Current Conditions—rose during January to a reading of 118, up from 102 in December 2016. Some of the improvement in producers’ perceptions of current conditions was motivated by improvements in…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…started with low beginning stocks and tight U.S. and global supplies. Projected prices rose in anticipation of short supplies. Farmers faced low yields and ended up facing big expenses to…
2016 Biodiesel Market Skunks Previous Records
…biodiesel and renewable diesel from 2015. At the same time, domestic production rose from about 1.4 billion gallons in 2015 to more than 1.8 billion gallons in 2016, well below…
Inflation Up, Food Prices Unchanged
…increased 0.4 percent in December after falling in November, and the index for other food at home rose 0.3 percent. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From:…
State Water Project Allocation Increased
…45 percent as reservoirs rose from December storms. Today’s increase to 60 percent of collective delivery requests is due to the atmospheric river storms that have filled many reservoirs and…
Agri View: Fresh Fruit
…Chinese had easy access to. Two things changed. Living standards rose and America started exporting more fruit. The trend continued until now. Another change. China is now producing more of…
Cheap Healthy Eats
…that will have you quickly going back for more. And, instead spend a few extra dollars on the healthier alternatives that will keep you fuller longer, while you’re reaping the…
Ag Producer Sentiment Improves in December
…Agricultural producer sentiment rose sharply as 2016 drew to a close. December’s reading of 132 for the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer marked the second month in a row that…
Agri View: Eating Out
…home declined slightly, over 2 percent, in the past 12 months. While food away from home rose over 2 percent. Now I am looking at those figures and I’m seeing…
Secretary Ross to Promote California Grown Flowers
by CDFA Office of Public Affairs CDFA Secretary Karen Ross As part of the upcoming Rose Parade festivities, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross will once again join the Buy California Marketing…
Detector Dogs Funded to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…efforts in Pennsylvania; Coconut rhinoceros beetle: $1.7 million to respond to infestations in Hawaii and Guam; Honey bees: $1,562,079 to survey honey bee populations, study bee health, conduct canine apiary…
U.S. Trade Deficit Widening on Falling Soybean Exports
…more than a year in October, suggesting trade would be a drag on growth in the fourth quarter of 2016. When adjusted for inflation, the deficit rose to $60.3 billion…
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…Why? Because it stands up to wheat’s most destructive disease, leaf rust. Other varieties have amazed even dubious wheat farmers by resisting the Hessian fly and cereal leaf beetle, two…