U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received 136 expressions of interest from parties in 35 states interested in becoming the new…
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that U.S. cotton is free — after more than 100 years — of the devastating pink bollworm. This pest has cost U.S. producers…
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…U.S. producers the ability to expand sales of bulk, intermediate, and consumer-oriented agricultural exports with the elimination of duties on almost two-thirds of U.S. agricultural exports. Products such as wheat,…
USDA Announces Deregulation of GE Low-Gossypol Cotton
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces the deregulation of Texas A&M’s cotton variety genetically engineered to have ultra-low levels of gossypol in…
Agri View: Trade War Damage
…farm income is from exports. Listen to this. Two-thirds of our cotton, half of our soybeans, and almost half of our wheat crop, just to give you an idea. Not…
Agri View: Value of Bugs Pollinating Crops
…reproduce without a flying insect. Cotton is one of them. Think about this. Some plants provide food for feed that sustain other insects. Some that we can well do without….
Roberts: We’re Making Progress on Farm Bill
…amount of funding from Midwest-based crops to cotton. The so-called “Big Four” leaders of the conference committee, Senators Roberts and Stabenow along with Representatives Conaway and Collin Peterson, are waiting…
Stabenow: Commodity Title a Political Issue in Farm Bill Talks
…that would take “tens of millions” of dollars from Midwestern farmers for cotton growers in the South, according to the Hagstrom Report. The 2014 farm bill expired last month, and…
Walmart to Require Blockchain to Limit Impact of Food-Borne Illness Outbreaks
…back to the farm of origin by the end of September 2019. “Customers trust us to help them put quality food on their tables for themselves and their families,” Executive…
Almond Update: ‘Growing Good’ Connects Public to Industry
…their consumer and grower information to help increase trust and transparency. Almond Board of California’s Manager of Sustainability Communication Danielle Veenstra talks to AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman about the site….
Agri View: Learning from Native Americans
…In the later part of the 17th century Indians were growing sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and squash. It wasn’t just food crops they showed us how to grow. They grew cotton…
Agri View: Another Nematode
…is a plant pathogen that is highly reproductive commonly found in cotton and soybeans. It also thrives in specialty crops like sugarcane and sweet potatoes. I mention these crops because…
Florence Washing Away Cotton and Tobacco Crops
The record-setting and still-rising floodwaters of Hurricane Florence are wreaking havoc on cotton and tobacco crops in the Carolinas. North Carolina Farm Bureau spokesperson Lynda Loveland says it’s going to…
The Western View: “Snake-Oil” Weathermen
…also very sad. It’s no wonder people don’t trust the media when they are treated to clown acts like this. Weather should be straightforward to report as it’s pure science;…