…rail revenue. An American Farm Bureau Market Intel Report shows that over the last five years, the cost of shipping grain on railways has increased. Rail rates on corn, soybeans,…
California Walnut Production Projected to Come Down 15 Percent
…bearing acres. Instances of widespread freezing temperatures in Fall of last year created significant issues for growers. The ongoing drought also created an array of challenges for walnut production. Survey…
Almond Update: 2021 Almond Conference Hotels Available September 13
…covering a variety of industry topics. “There will be roughly 24 breakout sessions ranging from everything from water supply challenges and solutions, and rootstock selection, to global marketing campaigns around…
Farm and Food Workers Relief Program to Award $700 Million in Grants
…methods for assisting grocery workers moving forward. “Our farmworkers, meat packing workers, and grocery workers overcame unprecedented challenges and took on significant personal risk to ensure Americans could feed and…
Biomass Collaborative to Flesh Out Ag Burning Alternatives
…alternatives. Part of the process for developing a workable solution to the issue of ag burning is the barriers to adoption. Isom explained that the challenges to advancing new avenues…
Specialty Crop Multi-State Program to Award $10 Million in Funding
…lines, grant recipients can share resources and collaboratively address challenges for specific crops.” State departments will need to work with organizations such as nonprofits, producer associations, universities, and other state…
Industry Members Meet to Discuss the Future of Skilled Labor in Ag
…taking away from today’s conference is ‘collaboration,’” LeMay noted. “We are seeing such large transitions within our commodity sectors, within that picking, packing, shipping process, that we have to come…
CALAMP Assistance Available to California Farmers and Ranchers
…working relationships intact and provide an avenue for resolving financial challenges. “The lion’s share of the work we do involves financial issues,” said CALAMP Director, Matt Strassberg. “We’re not an…
Overall Bankruptcy Rates Dropping
Despite challenges from COVID-19 and bad weather, higher commodity prices and government support have finally turned the tide around on year-over-year increases in Chapter 12 bankruptcies. The American Farm Bureau…
Week in Review: Higher Energy Rates on Horizon, Water Resiliency Resources Available
…approaches for making rangelands more resilient to drought. The introduction of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 to address maritime shipping challenges is receiving support from the agricultural industry….
USDA Announces Improvements to the Dairy Safety Net and New Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program
…USDA’s comprehensive approach that will total over $2 billion to help the dairy industry recover from the pandemic and be more resilient to future challenges for generations to come.” Senator…
Rising Global Income Levels Help Keep Demand Strong for California Ag Products
Despite the ongoing challenges, the overall long-term outlook for California agriculture remains positive. North American Regional Head of RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness for RaboBank, Roland Fumasi explained that global income…
Ocean Shipping Reform Act Receives Praise from Agriculture
…legislation seeks to address issues of maritime shipping that have been creating challenges for agricultural exporters. Among other things, the bill seeks to end the practice of shipping companies declining…
Infrastructure Bill to Improve Broadband Access with $65 Billion in Support
…Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall highlighted several farmers’ specific internet challenges they struggled through during the pandemic. Duvall also referenced a study from Broadband Now which found that 42 million…