…freeze event occurred the first week of December thereby creating much more vulnerability for the industry. The past 30 days significant tonnage was harvested from those historic areas of low…
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2015
…in December. The interest rate for crop year commodity loans less than one year disbursed during January is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December. Interest rates for Farm…
Medfly Infestation Triggers Quarantine In Riverside County
…and nine larvae were detected between December 10 and 30th. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture…
Forecasted Cold Temps Fail to Materialize
…concern. According to USDA California supplies 85% of the nation’s fresh citrus needs while employing 12,000 people on a year round basis. The last critical freeze for the industry was…
Pacific Region Poultry Report
…producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on December 1, 2014, averaged 77.2 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from December 1, 2013. Broiler-type chicks hatched during…
CA Citrus Growers Will Spend New Year’s Eve Protecting Crops
…be a very long New Year’s eve for many citrus producers in California. Gary Crawford has more on the start of the freeze watch. California Citrus Growers Bracing for Freeze…
Citrus Industry This Week: HLB and Cold Temps; Rucks on Rootstocks
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes a report on freeze temperatures and HLB as well as a nurseryman’s views on trial rootstocks. Want to learn more?…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review December 19
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, 2014 in review with Agriculture Secretary…
Citrus Industry This Week: Freeze Prediction and Protection
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes information to help growers prepare for a freeze. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the…
Census of Horticulture Arriving in Mailboxes this Winter
…December, NASS mailed the census to selected horticultural operations in the United States. For the 2014 Census of Horticulture Specialties, an operation is defined as any place that grew and…
USDA to Gauge Farmland Ownership and Farm Economics
…the survey, called Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL), by the end of December. “The recent Census of Agriculture counted more than 11.6 million acres of land that…
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review December 12
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review, snowy and cold or dry and…
No Changes in December Citrus Crop Forecast
Mark Hudson reported the December citrus crop forecast from Washington D.C. today. There were no changes from the November forecast other than a slight change in the FCOJ yield. December…
Growing California Video: Farm to Family
December is Farm to Food Bank Month. Help increase farm to food bank donations to 200 million pounds annually by making a product donation or future donation pledge today –…