…policy.” The farm bill is omnibus multi-year legislation for major food and farm programs, covering such issues as research, conservation, nutrition, commodities and rural development. The current farm bill will…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…cash receipts reflects continued declines in prices for most commodities compared with the period of 2011- 2013, when prices for many major commodities experienced record or near-record highs. Read more….
Agricultural Imagery and Technology
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Acting Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a hearing to educate members about innovations in agricultural imagery…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…commodities, we want to create tools that can be utilized for a broad set of needs,” said Coble, who is a W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics at the…
Crop Production Report
…included the commodities: Wheat – The 2016 Winter wheat production forecast is 438 thousand tons, up 39.0 percent from last year. Harvested acres are estimated at 200 thousand, resulting in…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…Import barriers benefit Japanese farmers, especially those producing rice, milk for manufacturing, sugar beets and sugarcane, and wheat. Japan maintains tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for some commodities, including: Rice and rice…
Create Apps for Agriculture
…commodities,” said Jay Carlson, ag programs manager at the State Fair, “This makes the fair a showcase for agricultural innovations as well.” For more information and to register, visit http://www.apps-for-ag.com….
Agri View: Better Times?
…trigger another boom. “Together, these trends result in continued declines in the projected prices of agricultural commodities over the short term and the persistence of low prices throughout the projection…
Agri View: Different Crops
…this sector account for 13 percent of the total receipts for all agricultural commodities and 7 percent for all crops. Foreign markets serve as outlet for less than 20 percent…
CA Tops in Organic Farms, Sales
…produced commodities, at $2.2 billion, was 41 percent of the total gross value of U.S. organic sales. Of the 2,805 organic farms identified in the 2014 Organic Survey for California,…
Organic Survey – California
…and exempt farms. California’s total gross value of sales of organically produced commodities, at $2.2 billion, was 41 percent of the total gross value of U.S. organic sales. Of the…
2016 Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values
…in April. A crowd of more than 250 gathered to hear the latest information about California commodities, ag issues and land values. The release of the Trends publication is a…
Crop Production Report
…included the commodities: Almonds – The 2016 California almond production (shelled basis) is forecast at 2.00 billion pounds, up 6 percent from the 2015 production of 1.89 billion pounds. The…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…$330 billion per year in agricultural commodities, with contributions from livestock accounting for roughly half of that value (Figure 6.1). Production of all commodities will be vulnerable to direct impacts…