Griner Everett Griner talks about how great U.S. agriculture already is in today’s Agri View. America Great Again? Now, I don’t like to get involved in politics but, I have…
Agri View: Pecan Marketing Order
…shelled nut exports have been on the rise since 2011 there are a lot of places that don’t even know what a pecan is. Including some places here in the…
Fruits and Veggies for Doggies
…– good for heart health Celery – freshens doggie breath! Watermelon Green Beans Bok Choy Pumpkin Feed these fruits and vegetables to your dog raw, or slightly steamed. Just don’t…
Improving Access to Voluntary Farm Conservation Programs
…other red tape have been difficult for smaller, mid-sized, or newer farmers to navigate. The reporting is done electronically and farmers who don’t have reliable broadband access in rural areas…
Agri View: Fish Farm
…Now, I don’t know how many acres that is, but it is big. Its developers say it will produce over ten million pounds of edible seafood every year. How soon…
Agri View: Vegetable vs. Fruit Juice
…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…