Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook

Dan Agri View, General

…cash receipts for fruits and nuts are expected to remain stable in 2016 due to higher expected farm prices. Grapefruit and orange production is expected to fall as citrus greening…

Agri View: Farm-Raised

Dan Agri View, Aquaculture

…to choose an Eco-Worst fish when you can substitute an Eco-Best. For example, you can substitute: farmed striped bass or U.S. catfish for orange roughy and Chilean seabass; wild Alaskan…

Food Price Survey

Dan General, This Land of Ours

…Salad and Orange Juice Down Lower retail prices for several foods, including salad, orange juice, shredded cheddar, ground chuck, sirloin tip roast, vegetable oil, white bread, ground chuck, deli ham…

Today is National Ag Day

Dan General, This Land of Ours

orange color is Beta-Carotene. Fruits and Vegetables that are yellow/orange in color contain Beta-Carotene and carrots are one of the richest in this nutrient. Our bodies convert Beta-Carotene into Vitamin…

Agri View: El Niño Weather

Dan Agri View, General, Weather

This animation shows the evolution of water temperatures compared to average in the equatorial Pacific Ocean from mid-November 2015 through early February 2016. Darker orange and red shadings represent where…

Florida Growers Share HLB Fight

Taylor Hillman Citrus, Specialty Crops

…psyllid was first found in the United States in June 1998 in Palm Beach County, Fla., on backyard plantings of orange jessamine, Murraya paniculata. By 2001 the psyllid had spread…