…of June, includes the following commodities: Wheat – California’s 2014 Durum wheat harvested acreage is estimated at 55,000 acres. The yield is forecast at 3.00 tons per acre resulting in…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
…in the agricultural sectors it considers “sacred” – dairy, sugar, rice, beef, pork, wheat and barley. Japan is demanding special treatment for its agricultural sector, including exempting pork and other…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…group then will tour area farms to see production of irrigated malt barley, sugar beets, corn, wheat, alfalfa and cover crops and visit a sugar beet receiving station. They also…
Organizations Confirm Support for Biotech Wheat
Some of the most prominent farm groups in three countries say they’ll continue supporting the use of biotechnology in wheat crops. Sabrina Hill has more. Support for GMO Wheat Sixteen…
Time to End Trade Talks with Japan?
…the story. TPP Trade Talks with Japan Grassley sides with the National Pork Producers Council, National Association of Wheat Growers, USA Rice Federation and others in calling on the Obama…
Crop Progress for June 4
…and spider mites. Oat hay harvest continued throughout the state. Rice fields are flooded and rice is emerging. Barley and wheat harvest is underway. FRUIT CROPS Grape bunches continued to…
U.S. Wheat Associates Question TPP Package
A U.S. wheat organization questions the long negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership, first started in 2009 by President Obama. They ask, why are we trying so hard to please…
Agriculture Groups Urge TPP Deal Without Japan
The National Pork Producers Council today joined the International Dairy Foods Association, the National Association of Wheat Growers, the USA Rice Federation and the U.S. Wheat Association in calling on…
USDA/NASS Preparing for Key June Surveys
Rundle The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service is the agency responsible for collecting key data about crops around the nation, and largely the data has focused on crops like wheat…
Back in Time to Find Future UG99 Resistant Wheat
…taking a page from the Doc Brown playbook to develop wheat varieties resistant to a threatening fungal disease. Rod Bain reports. Back in Time to Find Future UG99 Resistant Wheat…
California Weekly Wholesale Feedstuff Prices
…Wheat Millrun-Truck Delivered FOB Northern and Central Mills NA FOB Los Angeles Mill Door 195.00-215.00 dn 3.00-5.00 Rice Bran FOB Northern California Mills 195.00-198.00 unch-up 3.00 Yellow Hominy Feed Rail…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
PACIFIC REGION WHEAT FORECAST Wheat California farmers are expected to produce 480,000 tons of winter wheat in 2014, down 41 percent from last year. Harvested acres are estimated at 200,000,…
2014 Winter Wheat Production Forecast
Wheat The 2014 Winter wheat production forecast is 480 thousand tons, down 41 percent from last year due to fewer acres planted by growers. Harvested acres are estimated at 200…
A Key to Make Wheat Resistant to UG99
A gene resistant to a fungal disease may provide researchers with a means to protect the world’s wheat crops. Rod Bain has the report. A Key to Make Wheat Resistant…