…on a national basis for hens 103.00-110.00 cents fob and 16-24 lb. toms 103.00-110.00 cents fob for current deliveries. Trading slow on frozen basted equivalent hens at 103.25 cents fob…
2014 FSA County Committee Elections
…Agency (FSA) county committees is important to all farmers and ranchers, whether beginning or long-established or with large or small operations, because FSA county committees are a link between the…
Citrus Meeting to Focus on ACP Spread Prevention
…The meeting is scheduled for June 10 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Growers, pest control advisors, farm labor contractors and packinghouse representatives from San Bernardino and Riverside counties…
AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm…
Celebrating Dairy in June
…Milk Month June is National Dairy Month, and following years of tradition here in California, Governor Jerry Brown has declared it Real California Milk Month as well. The proclamation reads…
USDA Selects 2014 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows
…the Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development, and the National Science Foundation. The Science Fellows collaborate with leading scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service–one of the world’s premier scientific…
Agri View: The More You Give
Everett Griner talks about farmers feeding the world in today’s Agri View. Agri View: The More You Give…
Ag Industry Reacts to EPA Draft Rule for Air
…plan – but effects will also hit home in rural America. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson – however – says the changing climate has already begun to affect agriculture…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Real California Milk Month”
…prosperity. California’s dairy farmers’ hard work has made them leaders in the field. Their leadership has resulted in the annual production of over 40 billion pounds of milk, accounting for…
Agri View: Controlling Imported Bugs
Everett Griner talks about farmers contending with imported bugs in today’s Agri View. Controlling Imported Bugs…
Earl Williams Receives Distinguished Service Award
…the National Cotton Council, the American Cotton Producers, the NCGA’s Advisory Policy Council and Supima’s board. A native of Arkansas, where his family was involved in cotton farming, Williams came…
USDA Pacific Region Monthly Poultry Report
…percent from a year earlier. Leading breeders placed 6.71 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during April 2014, up 8 percent from April 2013. U.S. EGG-TYPE…
Ag Leadership Names Four New Board Members
…positions that will be extremely valuable for the foundation, leadership program and our future. We are grateful for their commitment to serve Ag Leadership and look forward to their input…
Merced County Young Farmers and Ranchers Fundraiser
…Merced County Young Farmers and Ranchers The barbeque is Friday, June 13, 2014 starting at 5:30 P.M. at the Merced County Farm Bureau office. There is no charge to attend,…