…on a color-coded, region-specific basis. Initial enforcement will focus on production nurseries, but retail nurseries will have to obtain treated and tagged nursery stock from production nurseries in order to…
FCA Reports on Agricultural Economic Conditions
…crop production levels are dragging down prices. That means increasing demand will be a key for the crop and protein sectors. The report also says changes to farm and trade…
Coalition Wants Federal Ag Budget to Increase
…position in global food production. The letter also points out that, “Since 2010, the inflation-adjusted agricultural appropriations budget has fallen by 20 percent, while most other allocations have either grown…
The Western View: Red Combines
…International Harvester and Case IH from 1915 to 2015. That’s 100 years of changes to a machine that revolutionized agriculture and brought mass production to grain farming. The combine was…
USDA Highlights $40 Million in Infrastructure Investments in Rural Communities
…water and storm water resources, energy production and generation, and electricity transmission. They will benefit nearly 265,000 residents. The investments are supporting projects in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa,…
Available Positions on 2018 Almond Board of Directors
…order. It also serves the almond industry in other major areas, including production research, generic advertising and public relations, and accumulation, compilation and dissemination of statistical information. The Almond Board…
Report Outlines BayerAG-Monsanto Merger Impact
…global cotton-seed market and up to 69 percent of U.S. approved herbicide-tolerant seeds for alfalfa, canola, corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Register for Inaugural California Coffee Summit
The Huntley College of Agriculture is hosting the Inaugural California Coffee Summit on Thursday, January 18 at the AgriScapes Conference Center at Cal Poly Pomona. Domestic coffee production has typically…
Conaway Ready For Farm Bill Work
…to the public, Conaway did share a few insights. For example, he said changes need to be made to Title 1 in order to aid the cotton and dairy industries….
Legislators Educated During California Healthy Soils Week
…a means to highlight “the different ways that we assist and facilitate growers and producers, whether that be helping them increase production or decrease inputs, things along those lines,” Borum…
USDA Predicts Less Corn in Storage in Latest WASDE
…used for ethanol production. Meanwhile, USDA predicts soybean inventories will total 445 million bushels at the end of the marketing year, an increase from last month’s prediction of 425 million…
Wool Exports Increase 24 Percent
…steady world wool production also resulted in record wool prices as indicated by the Australian Eastern Market Indicator. In U.S. dollars, this represented a 30.7-percent increase year-on-year as of early…
Corn Market May Need Disruption
A banking official from Nebraska says the market may need “some disruption in production,” to reach higher prices for corn. Tom Jensen of First National Bank of Omaha told the…
Coalition Wants Injunction Against CA Glyphosate-Label Requirement
…in America.” The coalition says their reputations will be significantly damaged if they’re forced to falsely label their products. They also point out that the agricultural production process is already…