…servings of pressed juices puts one-hundred seventy-five thousand tons of pulp waste in our landfills. Don’t even think about the methane gas that all of that waste generates. It will…
Agri View: More Ag Technology
…And, don’t forget pest control and fertilizer composition. With all of his mechanical advantages, a farmer cannot produce a harvestable crop today if he had to use the seed, fertilizer…
Western View: Nevada Water Wars Heating Up
…puts in wells that dry up my whole neighborhood? The Nevada measures sound draconian. In many parts of the state they don’t have enough water for existing developments, much less…
Agri View: Meat Production
…when it is of no concern to eighty-eight percent of the consuming population? And, if they are properly fed, the animals don’t care. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett…
10 Percent of Farmland to Change Ownership
…inherit land may choose to sell it, according to USDA. And, those who inherit land but don’t sell may decide to rent the land to farm operators. Data from 2014…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…to expiring contracts with utility companies. “Nothing has been done to adjust the utility rates at the California Public Utilities Commission to account for the value that biomass has; they…
Packing Safe School Lunches
…for food poisoning we want to take special care with packing their lunches to make sure that they don’t get sick. USDA Food Safety Expert Marianne Gravely says the key…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…finish, pod counts were down 6.2% in our Tour samples. With the crop done flowering, what you see is what you get for pods. Indiana: 55 bu. per acre. Pod…
Bearded Chickens
…of HOXB8, the more feather growth, and—the more beards. As of now, scientists don’t believe that beards provide any evolutionary advantage. And they can only speculate why these genetic differences…
Agri View: What is a Farmer?
…who owns very little land or even none at all. See there is a number of people who grow food in water. In tanks, pipes, tubes, I don’t know what…
USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Survey Coming Soon
…fax. Producers who don’t respond in one of those ways will have the opportunity for a telephone or in-person interview. As with all NASS surveys, information provided by respondents is…
Senator Says TPP Will be A ‘Challenge’
…Heitkamp says “I don’t hold out a lot of hope that we can get TPP done — but that doesn’t mean that I can’t be wrong.” From the National Association…
Senator Toomey Announces Opposition to TPP
…From: Republican Senator Pat Toomey Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a bad trade deal for Pennsylvanians Trade is good. I trade with my grocer so I don’t have to…
Food Scraps
…salt, and many other interesting and tasty combinations can come mostly from scraps. And, don’t forget, dried onions, garlic, and other vegetables can be dried and powdered then used to…