…in the European Union and others. National Peanut Board Sources: http://www.agmrc.org/commodities__products/nuts/peanut-profile/ www.soyatech.com/peanut_facts.htm http://www.peanutsusa.com/MainMenu/About-Peanuts/Peanut-History/US-Peanut-Supply.html http://www.peanutsusa.com/MainMenu/About-Peanuts/Peanut-History/Export-Peanut-Market.html http://msucares.com/news/print/agnews/an13/20130207_peanutmtg_phillips_scs.html From YouTube Murray Farms 2015 Peanut Harvest Video series by Terry Presnal This is a…
Agri View: Pecan Crop
…China. It worked. Today almost a third of American pecans go to China. “It was a sea change,” says Mike Adams, the owner of Royalty Pecan Farms in Caldwell, Texas….
NFU’s Beginning Farmer Training Program 2017
…program also includes tours of local farms and cooperatives. Throughout the training there are many opportunities for program participants to network with successful producers as well. “In the end, we…
Agri View: China Relations
…with highly productive farms, the United States is a natural trading partner for China, a country with limited per-capita supplies of cropland and water resources. A number of land-abundant countries…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…percent of the country’s population of laying hens, with wholesale prices reaching record levels on the national market, according to local egg farmer Mike Brown of Farside Farms. “About six…
USDA, Microsoft Announce Innovation Challenge Winners
…analyze USDA data about crops grown within five kilometers of their farms to make informed decisions about their own crop choices. • Second Prize and Open Source Application Award recipient:…
Ag Seeks Silicon Valley’s Help to Satisfy World Food Demand
…of fruit and vegetable producers — Dole Foods, Chiquita, Driscoll Berries, Taylor Farms. But the distance between the two places could soon seem a little smaller, thanks in part to…
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…get access to the land that they need to establish their farms or improve their property.” The microloan program, which celebrates its third anniversary this week, has been hugely successful,…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…2 million pounds of leafy greens, including kale, arugula and romaine lettuce. The company is call Aerofarms, and they are specialists in indoor growing. They’ve been doing it on a…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…
Agri View: Water Management
…climate change. Data are available in the ERS product Western Irrigated Agriculture, which summarizes the farm-structural characteristics for irrigated farms in the 17 Western States based on USDA’s 2008 Farm…
Transparency Key to Building Consumer Trust
…As farms have grown bigger over the decades, people’s trust in agriculture has declined, Arnot said. Consolidation, integration and technological advances in agriculture have resulted in safer, more available and…
Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend
…in their area. Little also says that farms are starting to consolidate into bigger groups. This allows them to use the same labor for the different crops produced and the…
Agriculture Education Supported by CDFA
…programs. Each of these projects provides educational and leadership opportunities connected to the agricultural sector. “Agricultural education helps to connect consumers to our farms and ranches and provides a greater…