…and the highest since October 2015. For the first quarter, lamb exports were still down 26 percent year-over-year in volume (1,986 mt) due to weak variety meat demand, but export…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…should be defined based not on whether it comes from a ‘hooved animal’ but whether it’s nutritionally equivalent.” Ripple co-founder Adam Lowry Fortune – Feb. 16, 2017 NMPF’s Mulhern said…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…cases, up 3% from 2015, with an estimated retail value of nearly $60 billion. The U.S. has remained the world’s largest wine market by volume since 2010. California’s 238 million…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…(NYSE: MON), today announced Monsanto’s termination of their agreement with Deere & Company for the acquisition of the Precision Planting LLC equipment business. The agreement was announced in November 2015,…
Agri View: Outlook for 2017
…not nearly as much as prices. One look at the family farm income and it shows steady decline. In 2014 and 2015. You may know, or you may not know….
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…data collection began in October 2015. Figure 2. Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations, October 2015 to April 2017. The barometer’s two sub-indices, the Index of Current…
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
…school food requirements cost school districts and states an additional $1.22 billion in Fiscal Year 2015. At the same time costs are going up, most states are reporting that they’ve…
4-H Calls Alumni and Friends to Join its New Network
…alumni and friends to the network by June 30, 2017. A map showing the current front runners is on the registration page. “We need the help of all 4-H members,…
Florida Teacher Calls Ag Students “Murderers”
…engaged in a repeated, egregious pattern of mistreating, ridiculing, insulting, intimidating, embarrassing bullying and abusing FFA students, crushing their dreams and causing them to feel that they must discontinue FFA…
Farmer Opinions on Trump’s First 100-Days
A new Farm Journal poll offers farmer perspective on Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. In fact, Farm Journal has tracked farmer opinions on Trump since 2015. Several polls…
Western View: Is Global Warming Real?
…the post-1979 average. In May 2015, NASA says polar sea ice is approximately 5 percent above the post-1979 average. Taylor’s opinion is that climate change is a myth, but his…
Almond Board: FFA Recognizes Almond Industry
…California FFA by raising $27,000 in 2016, and a total of $47,000 to date. “The California FFA has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years. The Almond Board of…
National FFA Organization Awards More Than $2.7 Million in Scholarships
…by July 1, 2017, should email scholarships@ffa.org. Information for the 2018 scholarship program will be available on FFA.org Nov. 15, 2017. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and…
2016 California Almond Acreage Report
California’s 2016 almond acreage is estimated at 1,240,000 acres, up 7 percent from the 2015 revised acreage of 1,160,000. Of the total acreage for 2016, 940,000 acres were bearing and…
