…I think the Willamette Valley is the location of the new farming effort. Tea is grown in a dozen different varieties. Most of us don’t even know what variety we…
Robotic Apple Picker a labor Solution for Orchards
…the industry at large. Abundant co-founders Dan Steere and Curt Salisbury talk about the latest trials during a demonstration in a Central Washington orchard in 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)…
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…held at the Saginaw Valley Research Center that the Margin Protection Program (MPP), created in the 2014 Farm Bill, “has failed to deliver the protection farmers need and expect. While…
Avian Influenza Found in Mexico
The World Organization for Animal Health reports that highly contagious H7N3 avian influenza was confirmed Thursday at a farm in west-central Mexico. The virus was discovered in a flock of…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
Time is running out for California rice farmers whose fields remain too wet for planting. All last month, the Sacramento Valley should have been buzzing with tractors working the ground…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
…San Joaquin Valley on July 17-21; Southwest producers will see agricultural operations in North Carolina and South Carolina on July 31-August 4 and producers from the Southeast and Far West…
Final Snowpack Almost Double the Average
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the final snowpack survey of 2017. The snowpack water equivalent (SWE) totals in the northern, central and southern Sierra Nevada are around twice…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
…during the first half of almond bloom in the north San Joaquin Valley and this affected bee activity,” Duncan said. “The earliest-blooming varieties were affected the most. The crop is…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…production of potatoes and eggs. The Central district has traditionally been the country’s biggest producer of sugar beets and is now the largest meat producer. Greater specialization for some districts…
USDA Seeks Nominees for Christmas Tree Promotion Board
…and two are from the Central growing regions. The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2017. The board will mail ballots to all eligible producers and importers of Christmas trees…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…Resource Sciences; National FFA officer (central region vice president), 2016-2017 Lynetta Griner of Florida, owner/operator of Usher Land and Timber, president of the Florida Forestry Association A.G. Kawamura of California,…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…sophomore at the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; National FFA officer (central region vice president), 2016-2017 Lynetta Griner of Florida, owner/operator of Usher Land…
Ag Groups Pleased With Perdue Confirmation
…attributed to cotton is in excess of $95 billion. As the U.S. cotton industry’s central organization, the NCC represents 25,000-plus industry members that include cotton producers as well as ginners,…
Tulare County Celebrates Farm Bureau Leaders
…$500 Kaitlyn McFarlan Exeter HS TCFB Ag Career $1,000 Ryan Montemagni Redwood HS Scott Shannon Memorial $500 Dane Nelson Central Valley Christian 2-Year College $500 Derrick Nunes Tulare Union HS…