…States for the 2017 crop year. Everyone who relies on agriculture for their livelihoods is interested in the results.” NASS gathers the data for the June Agricultural Survey online, by…
Canada Ag Census Shows Increase in Young and Women Farmers
…Canadian agriculture will be published with further analysis of census results. Agricultural data has been collected in Canada since 1666 and 2016 marks the 22nd Census of Agriculture since Confederation….
Overall Tractor Sales Trending Higher in 2017
…month. Sales of combines for the year total 1,034 a decrease of 12 percent from 2016. Click here to view the latest market data from AEM. Read more on tractor…
Almond Board: Nitrogen Calculator
…vegetative growth, as well Enables efficient fertilizer use Has a library of fertilizers in pull-down menus for easy rate calculations, based on data you put into the system Calculates nitrogen…
2016 California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
…past nine years to gather information on raisin-type acreage that is harvested mechanically. In addition to the mechanical harvest data, producers were asked to update acreage by variety and year…
Another Study Calls Dairy Fats OK
…meta-analyses with summarised dose–response data were performed for total (high-fat/low-fat) dairy, milk, fermented dairy, cheese and yogurt. Non-linear associations were investigated using the spine models and heterogeneity by subgroup analyses….
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…for businesses like mine, participation in the program will increase.” Siemen said that in addition to adjusting the feed cost formula and the data sources for the prices of feed…
Record Volume for U.S. Pork Exports in March; Beef Exports Remain Strong
…a BSE-related suspension was imposed more than 13 years ago. The first significant export volumes for Brazil will likely appear in the May USDA data, which will be available in…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…value for wine was calculated with an updated methodology that uses a wide variety of government, private, and other statistical data that have not historically been available, such as the…
Organic Wine Study-Price or Taste?
…prices paid for different bottles of wine through online retailers. They also compared various wine characteristics to get the price effect of organic certification and labeling. Data was collected from…
Argentine Lemons Entering U.S. Market Despite Objections
…administration is laden with hypocrisy, ignores transparency, and dismisses the scientific and economic data that prove the rule will have significant negative consequences for California’s $3 billion fresh citrus industry.”…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…on existing Climate FieldViewTM customers who currently use John Deere’s Wireless Data Server (WDS) technology to stream data into their account. The Climate Corporation remains committed to enabling seamless field…
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…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…recent literature on tropical deforestation and reports the immediate post-conversion land-use change attributable, by remote sensing or other direct study, to forest-risk products. ERS then uses bilateral international trade data…