…with a production value of $456 million, were harvested in the United States in 2013. North Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana, Idaho, and Washington accounted for 96 percent of U.S. canola production….
Optimizing Oats for Use as Dairy Forage
…cattle to graze them through late November or harvest the crop in early November for later use. The strategy allows production of an additional forage crop before winter. The oats…
National Organic Standards Board Meeting
…through AMS. The board recommends whether substances should be allowed or prohibited in organic production or handling, assists in developing standards for substances to be used in organic production, and…
Central Valley Supports Food Supply Chains
…is centrally located within a 200-mile radius of nearly 18 million Texans, making it an ideal production and transportation hub for the region. Food Commons Fresno will incubate a community…
Almond Board: A Thanksgiving Message
…While compliance is still a crucial part of its activities, the Board now engages in production, nutrition and market research, advertising and promotion in domestic and international markets, quality control…
EPA Finalizes Increase in Renewable Fuel Volumes
…boost production, providing for ambitious yet achievable growth of biofuels in the transportation sector. By implementing the program enacted by Congress, we are expanding the nation’s renewable fuels sector while…
Vilsack Says RFS Will Survive Trump Administration
…many jobs” for a Trump administration to dismantle the law. U.S. ethanol production has more than doubled since 2007, when the current form of the law was enacted, according to…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…the poultry industry, see the monthly newsletter Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Production, Consumption, and Trade Value of turkey production: 2012: $5.45 billion 2013: $4.84 billion 2014: $5.30 billion 2015:…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and wheat for 2017 as part of an effort to ensure that prevented planting factors most accurately reflect the pre-planting input costs of producers….
California Milk Production
California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows for October that produced 3.30 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is up 4 percent from September, 2016 and…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…bottom next year, but the lower trend likely hangs on through most of 2017 because of record crop production this year. MetLife added lower cash incomes will lead to a…
Agri View: Pollinators
…the production of food. The honeybee is the principal pollinator of blooming plants, but it is not the only one. Any insect that flies, and even some that simply crawl,…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…to reduce food waste and divert unavoidable by-products of food production from landfills for many years. As part of the Conagra’s recent materiality assessment, we determined that waste, particularly food…
AFBF 2016 Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey
…pie with whipped cream and beverages of coffee and milk, in quantities sufficient to serve 10 people. Turkey production is up about 8 percent this year, rebounding from the 2015…