Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes details from the latest citrus crop forecast and a grower report on fruit size and quality issues. Want to learn…
Farm Bureau Delegates Set Public Policy Positions for 2015
…species protection legislation. A total of 355 voting delegates representing every crop and livestock sector in the United States deliberated on policies affecting farmers’ and ranchers’ productivity and profitability. The…
California Crop and Weather Report
…and other winter forage crops have germinated and were growing well. Fields continued to be cultivated for spring planting. Some alfalfa fields were removed. The wheat crop was rated as…
Pacific Regional Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Field Office today released the crop production forecasts that reflect conditions as of January 1. The latest survey, conducted during the last week of December 2014…
Fruit Size and Drop Factors in Citrus Crop Forecast
…the numbers this month from previous months forecast. January Citrus Crop Forecast January USDA/NASS Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size chart. (.pdf) The February Citrus Crop Forecast is scheduled for…
Dairy Producers Enroll in New Margin Protection Program
…choices of protection that are best suited for their operation. Starting with basic coverage for an administrative fee of $100, producers can select higher levels of coverage at affordable incremental…
FAA Grants Real Estate, Agricultural UAS Exemptions
…to use a fixed-wing eBee Ag UAS to make photographic measurements and perform crop scouting for precision agriculture. Both applicants also must obtain a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA)…
Questions From Farmers Abound When States Legalize Pot
When a state legalizes a previously illegal crop to be grown and sold, there may be many questions from farmers and others that no one has quick answers to. Gary…
USDA Observes Kick Off of the International Year of Soils
…with the use of soil management systems that includes cover crops, conservation tillage and no-till and crop rotations. These systems reduce sediment loss from farms and ranches, buffer the effects…
Six Cold Nights do Little Damage to Citrus Crop
…California. Approximately 25% of the orange crop has been harvested. Mandarin tonnage was estimated to be 50 million 5 lb. cartons this year and approximately 70% of the crop remains…
Agri View: Blueberry Hill
Everett Griner talks about the 2014 blueberry crop may set a record in today’s Agri View. Blueberry Hill…
Valent Products Increasing Yield Quality
…of your crop this past year. Several of their products like ProGibb help growers get the maximum value out of their product. Bio-rational Specialist Jim Wargo says several of their…
As of January 1: Cold Weather Not Damaging to State’s Citrus
…for the 13/14 season the California citrus industry represents $2.4B in value with another $1.75B generated in economic value. The crop estimate for the 14/15 navel orange season was 78…
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2015
…in December. The interest rate for crop year commodity loans less than one year disbursed during January is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December. Interest rates for Farm…