…Mexican asparagus.” Klein told us last year that California producers can’t compete with Mexico’s prices and multiple reports say that’s why he is discing under 200 acres this year. Listen to the story….
AFBF Concerned about Labor, Trade if Border Closed
…livelihoods of tens of thousands of producers. Prices for many commodities remain depressed. We are doing the best we can in a very challenging environment. “While our members support border security, they…
Trusted, reliable protection
…that delivers proven, cost-effective disease control for improved crop quality and higher yield potential against a host of diseases. A neutral pH requires no buffering and allows integration with many…
Details on the Administration’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2020
…prices and also the ongoing issues on the trade front and the impact of retaliatory tariffs,” Langley said. Details on the Administration’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 About the…
Dairy Producers Previously Enrolled in the Livestock Gross Margin Program Now Eligible for 2018 Margin Protection Program
…milk prices drop. The gross margin is the market value of milk minus feed costs. This retroactive sign-up is only for dairy producers with 2018 LGM coverage who produced and commercially marketed milk in 2018 but did…
Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields
…foraging conditions while overcoming individual bee variation. They found that higher levels of vitellogenin stores were the best predictor of colony size after winter. Higher levels also were associated with…
Closing the Trade Loophole That Has Devastated California Olive Growers
…foreign-based company that acquired a stake in a U.S. processor to flood the market with product, undercutting California producers on prices. “We asked that federally, that our members of Congress…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…2013. Add climbing farm debt and debt-to-asset ratios, rising bankruptcies and retaliatory tariffs that weigh on farm prices and erode our competitiveness in key export markets and the case for…
Good Market for ‘Off’ California Avocados in 2019
…gluttony of fruit in stores in February due to a labor strike ending in Mexico. Once those packing lines started back up, Mexican fruit flooded the market and depressed prices. Bellamore said all…
U.S. to End Trade Preference Program for India and Turkey
…to the U.S. every year. Official removal from the program will be a 60-day process that will ultimately make it challenging for Indian and Turkish exports to keep their prices…
USDA Predicts Increase in Farm Income for 2019
…which saw a decline of 16 percent. “We’re looking at higher prices and that will contribute to higher cash receipts,” said USDA Deputy Chief Economist Warren Preston, who noted that…
Study Clarifies U.S. Beef’s Resource Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
…growing the animals and include the impact of producing feed and other inputs. This is further complicated by the diversity of ways that beef cattle are managed and fed,” commented…
Amazon to Diversify Grocery Portfolio
…offerings and prices. In January Whole Foods announced that it would stop developing new Whole Foods 365 locations, which were designed to be a small-format brand of store aimed at…
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Resigns
…has done an absolutely terrific job as Commissioner of the FDA,” President Trump tweeted, “has helped us to lower drug prices, get a record number of generic drugs approved and…