…estimate on blueberry losses yet. But growers say it was the worst March they have ever seen. Up until that late season freeze it had been too warm for peach…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased
…of the 4.1 million acre-feet of SWP water requested this year. That projection (allocation) was increased to 45 percent on December 21 and to 60 percent on January 18 as…
Ag Confidence Grows as Latest DTN/PF Survey Suggests Strong Future
…from the mostly neutral 98 for the December 2016 survey and a complete flip from the pessimistic 75 score produced in spring 2016. Since 2010, DTN has surveyed farmers three…
March Dairy Market Report
…for November–December was the highest in two years. Also in January, dairy exports continued to improve, representing 13 percent of milk solids production, the second highest-ever January percentage after January…
Guatemala to Eliminate Tariffs on U.S. Chicken Products
…leg quarters to enter duty-free each year through December 31, 2021. Any remaining tariffs and quotas will be eliminated, effective January 1, 2022. Sales of U.S. chicken leg quarters to…
U.C. Davis Tops in Ag Economic and Policy
…the world in the seventh annual GreenMetric ranking from the University of Indonesia in December 2016 and No. 20 among large schools on the Peace Corps’ Top Volunteer–Producing Colleges and…
Agri View: Long Shot Crop
…sustained hard freeze in the late 1950’s killed most of the trees. So farmers simply turned to other crops. Some farmers are giving it another shot. There is increasing number…
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 4 Percent
As of March 1, there were 71.0 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from March 2016, but down 1 percent from December 1, 2016, according to…
Report Names Ag Labor in Human Trafficking List
…modern slavery. The report relies on data gathered from Polaris-operated hotlines between December 2007 and December 2016. During that time, Polaris received reports of 32,200 cases of potential human trafficking…
President Signs Resolution to Repeal BLM Planning 2.0
…the American Farm Bureau, and others. The American Farm Bureau had suggested the rule, which was finalized in December, would negatively impact federal lands use. Ethan Lane, executive director of…
Yara West Sacramento is Newest Addition
…in December 2015, this event acknowledged the transition of the terminal to a fully integrated Yara site. Immediately after acquiring the facility, Yara converted the former UAN production plant into…
Argentina Lemon Rule Postponed Again
…December 23, 2016, to allow the importation of fresh lemon fruit from northwest Argentina into the continental United States. No reason or explanation was given in the notification from USDA…
Stabenow Asking for USDA Bird Flu Response Information
…asked who is in charge of the effort to fight avian influenza, whether the Trump administration’s hiring freeze will affect the effort to fight the disease, and who will handle…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…included three formal hearings and ended in December. The original proposal was issued in September 2016, after the department held a series of public workshops in five locations around the…