Having reduced their plantings in recent years due to the drought, California rice farmers are harvesting a bigger crop this season—but they are also feeling the pinch of lower market…
Flooding to Shut Down Mississippi River Shipping Temporarily
…extra cautious in flooded areas due to much stronger currents. Grain volumes moving through the affected areas normally ramp up in the fall because of harvested crops moving downriver to…
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more meals was $49.70, down $4.40 or…
Storing Potatoes
…last a pretty long time. If you’re growing your own root crops, and want to store the leftovers from your harvest, the three things that are key to storing potatoes…
Experts Interpret Overtime Bill’s Effect on Farms
…tearing out old vineyards and replanting them in a way that is compatible with grape harvesting machines. Also, there will be more dried-on-the-vine raisins and less of the traditional paper…
NFU Joins in Promoting Safe Practices
As farmers are preparing to begin the fall harvest, National Farmers Union (NFU) joined in the effort to promote safe practices on and around the farm during National Farm Safety…
Vilsack Announces New Initiatives to Address Rural Opioid Epidemic
…addiction and the Community Facilities Grants and Loans Program has allowed communities to build treatment and recovery facilities. In August, the Secretary announced that USDA was leveraging its rural housing…
Ag Confidence Continues to Decline
…questions regarding their financial and business conditions. The survey is conducted before planting, before harvest and just before the end of the year. Results above a rating of 100 indicate…
CDFA Collaborates on Draft ‘Vibrant Communities and Landscapes’
…improved access to and supply of affordable housing, transportation alternatives, open space and outdoor recreational opportunities, affordable healthy foods, living-wage jobs, social support, and economic and educational opportunities; • The…
National Farm Safety Week
Cathy Isom has a Farm Safety Week reminder for farmers and their families to make sure this Fall’s Harvest season will go off without a hitch. That’s coming up on…
USDA: Animal Welfare Act / Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions
…It excludes those animals raised for food or fiber. Persons who operate facilities in these categories must provide their animals with adequate care and treatment in the areas of housing,…
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
…quality. Growers get better quality if they harvest their crop at 25 rather than 35 days, Putnam said. The tradeoff is that the 25-day crop is about 20 percent lower…
Research Targets Olive Knot Strategies
…A benefit of antibiotic products is that they are applied well in advance of harvest and result in zero residues present on the olives at time of harvest. Both of…
New Markets Sought for Walnut Sector
…term. Walnut marketers say they’re expanding their efforts to find new customers for the crop. Harvest has started for early walnut varieties. Peter Jelavich of Hawn Ranch Co., who began…