Cathy Isom has some great ideas for some earth-friendly ways of making and wrapping your holiday gifts this year. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Earth-Friendly Wrapping for…
Hops Industry Toasting This Holiday Season
There’s an awful lot for the hops industry to be toasting to this holiday season. The USDA Economic Research Service released numbers this week showing that hops production in Idaho,…
Almond Board: Happy Holidays from Your Almond Family
The Almond Board of California would like to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays. The almond board family put a “California almond” twist on this classic holiday…
Egg Supply Dropping Prices, Pressuring Cage-Free Market
An abundance of inexpensive, conventionally produced eggs is depressing demand for higher priced cage-free eggs. A new report by CoBank says egg production, conventual and cage-free, has surged since the…
FCA Reports on Agricultural Economic Conditions
…crop production levels are dragging down prices. That means increasing demand will be a key for the crop and protein sectors. The report also says changes to farm and trade…
Tips to Keep Holiday Food Safe at Home or When Traveling
…If you are invited to a holiday party and plan to bring your famous holiday dish or if you are traveling to visit relatives or friends, be sure to keep…
Register for Inaugural California Coffee Summit
…farms from Morro Bay to San Diego, with acreage forecasted to increase in 2018. While only a small percentage of that acreage is currently producing, demand continues to build for…
USDA Predicts Less Corn in Storage in Latest WASDE
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released Tuesday by the Department of Agriculture predicts lower corn stocks. USDA predicts that about 2.43 billion bushels of corn…
Celebrating National Poinsettia Day
Cathy Isom gives us a bit of history and ways of celebrating the flower of the holiday season. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating National Poinsettia Day…
Wool Exports Increase 24 Percent
…destination with a very significant increase of 51.3 percent in United States exports. Meanwhile, Western Europe was the second-ranked destination, followed by India and Eastern Europe. Stronger world demand and…
China Needs More Corn to Meet Fuel Mandate
…additional billion bushels of corn a year” to meet the mandate. Earlier this year, China announced the nation would require ethanol blends in all fuel by 2020. Demand is growing…
Almond Board of California Enthusiastic About State of the Industry
…The state of the industry address allowed Waycott to highlight the fact that it was a record year for both almond production and shipments, with demand projected to continue to…
Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree
…Ours. Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree Tis the season where selling Christmas trees this year is matter of supply and demand. And, this year demand and enthusiasm for real trees…
Grant Funding Study on Consumers Willingness to Pay for Animal Ag Practices
…was created with bipartisan support in the 2014 Farm Bill. The Foundation says farmers, ranchers and agricultural businesses are seeking to respond to consumer demand for cage-free egg production and…