…training, value-added production, recordkeeping, property inheritance, and crop production practices. “We want to partner with nonprofits, colleges and universities who share USDA’s priority of helping more Americans enter farming as…
California’s FREP/WPHA Conference Comes to Seaside November 5-6, 2015
…of fertilizing materials. This conference is intended to improve educational outreach by communicating the application of fertilizing materials on agricultural lands for crop and food production and the use of…
American Agri-Women Finishing Drive Across America as Part of 40th Anniversary Celebration
…state’s corn and wheat farmers. Freestyle Productions is a full-service event production company that produces dynamic videos, webcasts, events and more. Sunrise Agricultural Associates is global network of agricultural, legal…
Sales from US Organic Farms up 72 Percent
…they intend to increase organic production in the United States over the next five years. Another 688 farms with no current organic production are in the process of transitioning into…
California Milk Marketing Order Hearing Next Week
…dairy production is so high. California is the top producing dairy state in the nation. The hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday, September 22 starting at 9am at the Veterans…
USDA Offers Help to Fire-Affected Farmers and Ranchers
…eligible for low-interest emergency loans to help them recover from production and physical losses. Compensation is also available to producers who purchased coverage through the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program,…
NCF Accepting Applications for Beef Industry Scholarship
…futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. It recognizes and encourages talented students who will one day be industry leaders. Students studying education, communication, production, research or other areas related…
HM.CLAUSE Vegetable Seeds Celebrates 50 Years of Research in France
…has developed over the course of more than a couple of centuries to grow and become a global leader in specialty crop and vegetable seeds research and production. For example,…
Tight U.S. Supply Boosts Sales of Specialty Eggs
…he said. “They push to have increased production if they have increased sales.” San Diego County egg farmer Frank Hilliker, whose production is largely cage-free but who still raises some…
State Pear Growers Report Quality Crop
…this year. “The Bartlett crop was down substantially because of fire blight. Last year, we had a terrible case of blight and that cut into the production for this year,…
Pacific Region Crop Production Report
…above the five-year average of 2.230. Cotton – Upland cotton production in California is forecast at 160 thousand bales, down 25 percent from the 2014 crop. Harvested acreage is estimated…
Navel Orange Production Forecast
…trees per acre, bearing acreage, and oranges per box were used in the statistical models estimating production. The varieties forecast in this report include conventional, organic, and specialty Navel oranges…
State Board Drops Planned Grazing Rule
…project raised serious concerns among ranchers, who feared the new rules could limit their food-production activities while yielding little environmental benefits. Many ranchers attended the listening sessions to express their…
Commentary: News on Crop Revenue Reports Misses Part of Story
…time cash receipts for California crops set a record, production expenses also set a record. In the same year that cash receipts increased a little more than 5 percent, production…