…whom we interviewed. Both Southeast AgNet and AgNet West radio networks reach growers in both these major U. S. vegetable production regions, and we found a number of questions to…
ASTA: CA Seed Researcher Comments On Intellectual Property Rights
…driving vegetable varieties forward. Her comments in our interview are targeted to vegetable growers in California and other U. S. vegetable production areas. Click to Open or Download Audio Report…
More California Sweet Potatoes Coming
…potato production. That would make California the lone bright spot for sweet potato production in the nation. Three other top sweet potato producing states, North Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi are…
Strawberry Growers Fight Weather
…YouTube from a field being harvested in Oxnard. California is the nation’s leader in strawberry production, generating over $2-billion a year. Strawberries are grown year round in the Golden State….
Census of Agriculture Forms Due Soon
…better decisions about farm safety net programs and policies. The census collects detailed data covering nearly every facet of U.S. agriculture. It looks at land use and ownership, production practices,…
Ag Sec Vilsack: Complete 2012 Census of Agriculture
…use and ownership, production practices, expenditures and other factors that affect the way farmers do business and succeed in the 21st Century. Census information helps USDA monitor trends and understand…
Almond Prices Expected to Climb
…message for growers. The entire U-S almond crop is grown here in California…which generates about four billion dollars. And California almonds make up 80-percent of the entire world almond production….
Another Drop for Cotton
California cotton farmers may be seeing less pay in 2013. Sabrina Hill reports. Click to Open or Download Audio Report In fact, cotton producers nation-wide are expected to reduce cotton…
Citrus Research Bill Dies In Senate
…was attached to a larger one that would have reauthorized trust funds for the wool and cotton industries. All three are now without that funding. Citrus greening disease has been…
Trying To Predict the Future of Ag
…the worst drought since the ‘30’s, driving production of many crops in the nation down, and driving up prices for those crops. That effected dairy, egg and livestock ranchers here…
Almond Growers Increase Yields
…yields. Side note here all of the almonds produced in the U-S are grown here in California. And California almonds make up about 80-percent of the entire world almond production….
New Leadership Team for Ag Committee
…General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Jurisdiction: Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, risk management,…
2012 Census of Agriculture Arriving in Mailboxes
…nearly every facet of U.S. agriculture. It looks at land use and ownership, production practices, expenditures and other factors that affect the way farmers do business and succeed in the…
Orange Production Drops, But Not in CA
The US Department of Agriculture has released it’s forecast for 2012-2013 orange production. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to Open or Download Audio Report The USDA says production throughout the…