…in 2018,” Walsten says. “While that’s still a majority, it’s down sharply from 74 percent last year, and 73 percent in 2015.” The percentage of respondents expecting cash rents to…
Almond Board: Record Breaking Almond Conference
…auction at the annual Gala Dinner. These two events raised over $30,000 for college scholarships to be awarded to outstanding California FFA students. Guests at the Gala Dinner were dazzled…
USDA: Global Food Insecurity Has Improved Significantly
As a part of the Global Sustainable Development Goals set in 2015, the United States made a commitment to help end global food insecurity by 2030. America enacted the Global…
Group Files FTC Complaint Against HSUS
…traffic to a web page that contained false information back in November. The web page said only 19 percent of total donations went to fundraising. But, the Form 990 tax…
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Pays It Forward with Research Achievements
…a public-private partnership, the database has generated more than 22 million page views by 1.6 million users since coming online October 1, 2016. The database also helps researchers in their…
Egg Supply Dropping Prices, Pressuring Cage-Free Market
…2015 avian flu outbreak. More than 229 major food companies following the outbreak pledged to use cage-free eggs by 2025. Meanwhile, total table egg production is expected to return to…
USDA Seeks Applications for $10 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
…Grant proposals are due Feb. 26, 2018. “Conservation Innovation Grants play a critical role in developing and implementing new methods to help our customers conserve natural resources, strengthen their local…
The Western View: Red Combines
…International Harvester and Case IH from 1915 to 2015. That’s 100 years of changes to a machine that revolutionized agriculture and brought mass production to grain farming. The combine was…
Mexico Sees Possible Trade Deal with European Union
…goods. The two parties agreed in 2015 to modernize their trade relations and held various rounds of talks last year. The potential trade deal comes as Reuters says Mexico is…
NRCS Invests 84.6 Million Through EQIP for 2017
…carbon footprint,” explained Dotson. Work on rangeland projects to help greater sage grouse populations has doubled to $1.3 million since 2015 thanks to work done by the US Forest Service…
House Agriculture Committee Launches Farm Bill Landing Page
…current website, https://agriculture.house.gov/farmbill. This landing page is designed to provide updates and information related to the 2018 Farm Bill. Following its launch, Chairman Conaway offered the below remarks: “I’m committed…
Almond Board: Industry Benefits from Almond Conference
…as well as attend the Almond Stage presentations in the exhibit hall and bid on the silent auction items. The proceeds will benefit the California FFA Foundation. The conference wraps…
Trump Talks Trade with Senators
…Nebraska highlighted the significance of NAFTA to ag exports and related manufacturing jobs. For example, U.S. food manufacturers exported $25 billion in products to Mexico and Canada in 2015. Without…
Post-Harvest Slump in Ag Producer Sentiment
…suggest agricultural producers remain more optimistic than they were prior to the fall 2016 election. Figure 1. Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, October 2015–November 2017. Less Optimism About the Future…
