…Africa, Florida and around the state of California together to give the latest information on research looking at the biggest issues in citrus production. Schulz CRB President Gary Schulz talked…
Pacific Region Livestock Review
…meat production for the United States totaled 3.90 billion pounds in February, 2016, 5 percent above the 3.73 billion pounds produced in February 2015. Beef production, at 1.89 billion pounds,…
Grapefruit, Lemons Tangerines Change in April Crop Forecast
…from last season’s final production. In California the desert harvest is complete. Tangerines – The 2015 – 2016 California tangerine forecast (including mandarins and tangelos) is 44.0 million cartons. Production…
USDA Expands Safety-Net for Dairy Operations
…protection that covers 90 percent of milk production at a $4 margin coverage level. For additional premiums, operations can protect 25 to 90 percent of production history with margin coverage…
North American Producers Committed
North American Producers Committed To Responsible Pork Production North American pork producer leaders meeting last week in Whistler, British Columbia, confirmed their industry’s common focus on producing nutritious, sustainable and…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
…no prior agricultural experience, her 23 years of health and wellness education experience with the Navy inspired her to improve consumer wellness in her community through organic food production. Organic…
Support Urged for TPP
…artificially stimulate pork production through support programs in a way that will undermine the concessions they made in the TPP negotiations,” said NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…is available online. Who Can Apply Eligible applicants include individuals, legal entities, Indian Tribes, or joint operations engaged in agricultural production. In addition, organic producers who grow agricultural commodities on…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…agriculture production suited for this land – and indeed needed to maintain this land – is livestock grazing. If beef imports from the Mexican rainforest are permitted, they will drive…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…leaf sampling timing, and takes into account a range of factors that can affect nitrogen demand. Growers enter information on orchard configuration and production, along with n. credits from nitrate…
National Beer Day
…When tin could no longer be imported from England, American pewter production stopped. It then became fashionable to melt down and recast old pewter mugs from England. While beer has…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…affect fruit/nut, vegetable cotton, and rice production going forward (for more information, see the ERS drought page). See data on value of crop production and crop cash receipts. Chart data…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…were made through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational program, administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). “Animal production and health play critical roles in…
Aquaculture Research
…rural and coastal America. Aquaculture contributes more than half of the seafood consumed globally, and this contribution is expected to grow. Although U.S. aquaculture production has shown growth in the…