…the Internet, with 29 percent of the farms in the United States using it, down from 30 percent in 2015. A satellite connection, at 21 percent, remained steady from 2015….
ISU Study Shows No Impact of RFS on Greenhouse Gasses
…million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent under the 2015 baseline, but that was more than offset by increased emissions in the rest of the world. From the National Association of…
Fresno County 2016 Crop Report Shows Drought, Market Impacts
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors were presented with the Fresno County Department of Agriculture’s 2016 Crop and Livestock Report, which illustrated a decline of 7.23% percent from 2015. Overall…
South American Palm Weevil Makes Headway into California
…dollars in 2015 and date production has continued to expand since then. “The demand for dates as a healthy, nutritious food is increasing and people like California dates,” Hoddle stated….
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
…are also saving…tape Savings The study also shows a 200-million barrel drop in 2015 crude oil imports due to the RFS. Dinneen argues the study undermines the oil industry’s narrative…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…Lapan, and Hyunseok Kim. “We find that the RFS has indeed proved to be a remarkably effective tool for farm support.” The analysis found the RFS in 2015 saved the…
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…after the Obama-era WOTUS is repealed. “We’re trying to fix the challenges from the 2015 rule, where the Obama Administration re-imagined their authority under the Clean Water Act and defined…
Kid Rock Potential Stabenow Challenger
…to the race for the Michigan Senate seat. Stabenow also served as the Senate Agriculture Committee chair from 2011 to 2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Food and Farm Facts Book
…32-page Food and Farm Facts book is full color and it features updated facts and easy to read infographics that can be used in a variety of different ways to…
Farm Economy May Be Starting to Stabilize
The prolonged downturn in the farm economy continued in the second quarter of 2017. However, data from the Kansas City Fed’s Survey on Agricultural Credit Conditions shows the farm economy…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…Montgomery most recently served as the winemaker at Vine Cliff Winery in Napa and as the director of winemaking at Papagni Wines in Madera since 2015. This past year at…
USDA Calls for Nominations for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
…page on the AMS website. Written nominations must be received by Sept. 1, 2017, and should be emailed to marlene.betts@ams.usda.gov or sent to Melissa Bailey, Acting Deputy Administrator, c/o Marlene…
Agri View: Honey Bee Update
…last year than in 2015. As a matter of fact, the survey showed that the number of lost colonies to insects and disease has been in a slow decline since…
California FFA: Agricultural Education Funding Vital
…of the California FFA Association, Luke O’Leary, was one of the participants of the session and he offered a reminder of the relationship between the agriculture industry and agricultural education….
