…ranch, or a Nebraska beef lot. Well, don’t bet on it. We export a lot of beef. But, we import a lot of beef too. We import beef from Australia….
Small Container Gardening
…of Ours. Small Container Gardening When it comes to growing your own food, you really don’t need a backyard or green space to do it. You can still raise fresh,…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…cool the fruit. On older blocks that don’t have sprinklers, kaolin clay is applied to the trees to help prevent sunburn damage. Sacramento County grower Doug Hemly, who started harvest…
Farmers Still Support Trump but Worry Over Farm Bill
…infrastructure spending as their top priority, and regulatory reform were chosen by five percent of respondents. 58 percent of farmers don’t expect Congress to approve spending money for infrastructure improvements…
Agri View: Export Trade
Everett Griner talks about the export trade in America in today’s Agri View. Export Trade Every grade school child is taught that farming feeds us. I don’t suppose they are…
USDA Reports Preview
…don’t want to see is them lower both corn yield and corn demand,” Gulke added. “If they lower the demand side such that it overshadows any loss in production, that…
Labor Shortages Continue to Plague California
…is the current state of the immigration system and how policies like the H-2A program is administered. “The problem with H-2A is there’s timelines and some requirements that just don’t…
Easy Fruits and Veggies to Grow in Pots
…can be done with little fuss, even with the smallest of space, such as a patio. In small containers, we can grow salad fixings, like loose leaf and romaine. They’re…
Ag Secretary Perdue Speaks from “Back to Our Roots” Tour
…out. Secretary Perdue on negotiations His main message for negotiators is ‘do no harm to agriculture and don’t hurt American farmers’. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Hobby Farming
…lot of attention. It was described to me as ‘hobby farmers’. These are people who have worked in several occupations but were never farmers. They don’t own a lot of…
Tomato Harvest Slowly Gains Momentum
…diet of tomatoes to avoid shutdowns. “If they get a gap in there where they don’t have any ripe tomatoes, they have to shut down,” he said. “They don’t want…
Ex-Trade Negotiator Says Trump “Misguided” on NAFTA
…snare farm exports in trade disputes. “Personally, I think it’s a misguided objective for a trade agreement,” Vetter says, “I don’t believe the trade deficit is a way of measuring…
Agri View: Soybean Potential
…bushels per acre. I don’t know what the national average is, but it is substantially lower than that. Some individual farmers have reached 100 bushels per acre. But, it was…
Wind Power Advancing in U.S.
…has joined the “5,000 Megawatt Club” a distinction only four other states have achieved. But, we don’t intend to stop. A year ago, I announced another goal for Kansas –…