…acres this year, the lowest since 1991, when California farmers planted 483,000 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This compares to 690,000 acres in 2013 and 750,000 acres…
HLB Protocols Could Shut Down Shipping
…four years to mold the current Asian citrus psyllid regulation protocols to better fit California. Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner Marilyn Kinoshita says the HLB protocol will shut down shipping, even…
LBAM Quarantine Boundary Change
…November 6, 2014. Per work plan protocol, IPC recommends that quarantine regulatory constraints related to the LBAM Program be lifted in the Ukiah treatment area of Mendocino County. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/lbam/regulation.html CDFA.lbam.updates@cdfa.ca.gov…
Red Palm Weevil Close to Eradicated
…declaring the weevil officially eradicated and they have gone out of their way to try and find the pest. Hoddle says the three-year mark is the protocol for declaring a…
Adapting ACP Regulations for California
…United States Department of Agriculture implemented ACP regulations that are protocol for the United States when ACP showed up in the state. The only issue with that is every state…
USDA and Partners Complete First-of-Its-Kind Sale of Carbon Credits from Working Ranch Grasslands
Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant has helped initiate a partnership that is improving the environment, creating a market for carbon credits generated…
Agri View: Crop Adjustment
Everett Griner talks about China’s cotton production being in decline in today’s Agri View. Crop Adjustment…
Agri View: Still ‘Pickin’
Everett Griner talks about cotton facing a tough future in today’s Agri View. Still ‘Pickin’…
USDA to Launch New Farm Bill Program to Help Provide Relief to Farmers Affected by Severe Weather
…corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, barley, canola, sunflowers, peanuts, and popcorn. Nearly three-fourths of all acres and liability in the federal crop insurance program will be covered under…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces New Farm Bill Provision for Farmers Affected by Severe Weather
…Yield exclusion for the 2015 crop year will include corn, soy beans, spring wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, barley, canola, sunflowers, peanuts and popcorn. New Farm Bill Provision Announced Secretary…
United States and Brazil Reach Agreement to End WTO Cotton Dispute
…dispute. Brazil has also agreed not to bring new WTO actions against U.S. cotton support programs while the current U.S. Farm Bill is in force or against agricultural export credit…
Deadlines Approching for Disaster Programs
Two deadlines are fast approaching for USDA disaster assistance programs. Cotton growers have only days more to sign up for a Farm Bill program that bridges old farm payment programs…
California Crop Weather
…the weekend. Field Crops Winter wheat plantings started. Cotton conditions were rated 80 percent good or excellent. Last irrigations were completed and some fields were prepped for defoliation. Pasture and…
Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices
…there will be less rice and cotton yield than projected last month, a huge forecasted yearly increase is driving prices down. Gary Crawford explains. Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices…