…a recyclable bag or sturdy box, a sharp knife, and scissors for harvesting. Apples may be the number one fall harvest. Crab apples tend to be the wilder option. Other…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…business, housing, and utility programs provided by the Department. Through such evaluation, USDA will be better informed as to where additional investments will be most impactful when it comes to…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
…aim at the measure’s inclusion of certain rural development programs, including the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and wastewater and housing grants, which the White House wants eliminated. From the National Association…
California Walnut Production Forecast Down
…sunburn preventative materials. Harvest is expected to begin during the middle of September. The 2017 Walnut O.M. Survey utilized a total of 737 blocks with two sample trees per block….
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…time—harvest season,” Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said. “Hurricane Harvey struck an area of the state known for cattle, cotton, rice and other row crops.” Texas is a leader…
California Animal Welfare Regulations Increasing?
…state after the state Legislature implemented AB1437. Further changes to hen housing can carry significant costs. Cage-free production is also problematic as hens can be aggressive, increasing the overall mortality…
Raisin Growers Must ‘Opt-in’ to Class Action Lawsuit
…program constituted a “taking” of private property subject to just compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in June. After the harvest of 2010, the USDA no longer…
Harvey Impact on Texas Agriculture
Hurricane Harvey arrived on the Texas coast as the state’s cotton harvest of an expected bumper crop was getting underway. The Texas cotton harvest is around 10 percent complete, with…
Plant Now for Fall Harvest
Cathy Isom fills us in about some things to plant right now for the Fall harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Plant Now for Fall Harvest Now…
Almond Board: July Position Report
…the almond crop production cycle. August, the beginning of harvest, marks the beginning of each new crop year and the following July position report rounds out the final shipment numbers…
Dicamba Damage Reports Still Climbing
…investigations across roughly 2.5 million acres. Bradley says the ultimate effect any dicamba damage will have on yields and farmer profits will be difficult to guess until harvest time. “In…
APHIS Publishes Final Rule to Allow Fresh Hass Avocado Fruit from Colombia into the Continental U.S.
…include but is not limited to, the following: grove and packing house certification, monthly inspections for registered groves during the harvest and shipping seasons, grove pest control and sanitation requirements,…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…three- to four-week window—after imports from the Southern Hemisphere diminish and before the state of Washington ramps up its harvest later this month—the Golden State offers the nation’s first fresh-picked…
Sunflowers as a Crop and Garden Flower
…in the garden next year after the last spring frost and expect to harvest into the fall. I’m Cathy Isom… Image credit: (lower left) Sunflower Garden at Singapore Changi Airport….