…year. Planted acres are estimated at 25.0 thousand and harvested is estimated at 24.7 thousand acres, resulting in a yield of 410 cwt. per acre. Wheat – The 2016 Winter…
Two Sides of TPP
…(12 cents per bushel), wheat (2 cents per bushel) and rice (16 cents per hundredweight). While cotton prices are not projected to change, cash receipts are projected to increase by…
Fighting Drought With Soil
…row crops (tomatoes, alfalfa, wheat), farming practices (carbon inputs and rotations) and irrigation methods (furrow and flood, microirrigation). Samantha Ying, an assistant professor of environmental sciences at UC Riverside. Information…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…of commodities eligible for Farm Storage Facility Loan. Eligible commodities now include aquaculture; floriculture; fruits (including nuts) and vegetables; corn, grain sorghum, rice, oilseeds, oats, wheat, triticale, spelt, buckwheat, lentils,…
Agri View: Farming Times
…will fall to $87.4 billion by year’s end, down more than a third from 2012’s $137.1 billion. Corn, once $7.63, is just over $3 a bushel now. Wheat, $9.50 a…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…percent, will be eliminated in 3-11 years. Wheat: The United States exported roughly $67 million of wheat and wheat products to Vietnam in 2015. Vietnam’s tariffs on wheat and wheat…
Smithsonian – “Ask a Farmer”
…walnuts, tomatoes, lima beans, melons, and wheat hay. This video is part of the Good Fruit Grower series. Daniel Bays is a fifth generation farmer and part owner with his…
Agri View: Peanut Butter
…Size: 1.4 ounces (1 brownie) Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup canola oil…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…the cover crops through the sheep’s digestive tracts also lends itself to long-term soil health benefits. “A sheep is only going to digest 30-40 percent of 100 pounds of wheat…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…agricultural production is also affected by changes in commodity insurance indemnities received by the farm sector. Corn, soybeans, and wheat accounted for over 70 percent of 2015 Federal crop insurance…
Backyard Chicks
…pellets. You can even make a homemade chicken feeder / waterer Treats – Vegetables, bread, bugs, chicken scratch (cracked corn, milo, wheat) What’s next? Now that you’ve skimmed the basics…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…plant 20.0 thousand acres of sweet potatoes in 2016, up 8 percent from the acreage planted last year. Wheat – Acreage seeded to Winter wheat is forecast at 400 thousand…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…multiple gangplows in the large fields of the wheat belt. 5. Combined Harvester-Thresher: By the 1920s the steam traction engine was on it’s way out, but it paved the way…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…evolution of local climate conditions and the acreage of 12 major crops grown in Yolo County. The crops included processing tomatoes, rice, alfalfa, wheat, corn, prunes, grapes, walnuts, almonds, safflower,…