…said Machado. “There has already been some discussion about water prices rising for those that need to source water. They’re seeing costs of water that may be available for transfer…
Resilience 2020 Campaign Highlights Resolve of California Ranchers
…explained to AgNet West. “Nationwide, there’s been some disruptions of plants and that’s slowed things down. So, there is starting to be a backlog and its impacting prices in a…
Rice Weeds Growers Need to Look For in 2020
…year some of the growers reported that their moisture content was a bit higher than normal. “That I’m assuming is partially due to the fact that some of the weeds…
Lemon Market Sours, Diversification Saving Ventura Grower
…without that industry, the movement has slowed dramatically on the choice fruit. We’re still moving the fancy, higher quality fruit, but for the choice fruit and some smaller-sized fruit the…
Survey Shows Strains on Rural California
…said, “and have seen those jobs reduced at the same time as prices farmers and ranchers earn for many crops and commodities have fallen.” About three-quarters of the responding farmers…
California Beef Producers Working Through Tough Market Conditions
…uptrends…up until and when the government mandated all the social distancing, quarantine, those type of things. It had a dramatically negative impact on prices of cattle.” There have been several…
Food Availability is ‘Not the Thing to Worry About’ During Pandemic
…eating trends. “Higher-end items will struggle. The ones that people eat as sort of a splurge, well there will be less of that going on. Whether that’s eating out, food…
Newsom Considers Passing Pandemic Cost onto Employers Through Workers’ Compensation
…building that cost into the workers’ compensation system for California employers and at the end of the day, that’s how it’s going to get financed. It’s going to be higher…
Coronavirus Assistance Payments Expected by ‘End of May’
…our producers who’ve seen prices crash and $3 billion in the purchasing of these misalignments of supply be it produce, be it milk, or be it meat.” The bulk of…
USDA Reports Record Enrollment in Key Farm Safety-Net Programs
…enroll in ARC and PLC for the 2020 crop year. “Producers for several years have experienced low commodity prices, a volatile trade environment and catastrophic natural disasters,” said Richard Fordyce,…
Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall Named to Economic Revival Group
…farm families hard. The prices paid to farmers and ranchers have spiraled down, and in some cases, demand has disappeared, despite empty grocery shelves. No one is more eager than…
Pandemic Markets Continue Roller Coaster Season for California Citrus
…citrus growers dealing with low prices. Before exports could increase from that news, parts of the United States started shutting down because of COVID-19. “You still have a lot of…
Nationwide Gas Avg. Falls, CA Still 2nd Most Expensive State for Gas
…mid-April, the lowest since 2004, with potentially hundreds of stations pushing their price to 99 cents per gallon for the first time since the early 2000’s. Gasoline prices have continuously…
Assessing the Potential of Harvesting Elderberry Hedgerows
…interested in harvesting elderberry hedgerows, as the berries need to be destemmed once they are harvested. However, the potential for increasing mechanization combined with the prices that growers in the…