…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…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…harvest a crop. And in spite of the effort put forth by our government the number of illegal migrants is staggering. I don’t have any current figures but as far…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…and Agriculture member Don Cameron, of Terranova Ranch, a diversified farming operation in the Central Valley. Researchers from Wageningen UR and the University of California also provided perspective. The Climate…
Decorating With Flowers
…Podging a picture on the outside is also a fun alternative. If you’re not a DIYer and don’t have old paint cans laying around (we don’t all have that? haha),…
Zika Virus Battle
…test area and in another Clovis neighborhood where yard drains haven’t been netted. “We have no results yet. When the study is done, CMAD will give me the data and…
Edible Flowers
…heretical. If plants could talk, wouldn’t they say, you can look, even sniff, but please don’t wolf down my pretty petals? The dainty apple flower, after all, is what gives…
Agri View: Modern Technology
…foods. And who knows what a choice rib-eye would taste like if a farmer didn’t feed it from hoof to marketplace. We need technology. We don’t know about the internet….
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…a crucial to successful harvest. But you don’t see hay stacked anymore. No, not where I live. That’s Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner. From: Farm Collector History of…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…production was low grower prices. “I don’t want to see any more acres go out,” said Chris Ruddick, a Mendocino County grower. “I think we’ve hit a pretty good balance.”…
Shop Smarter at Farmers Markets
…peach instead! The same thing applies to locality: if you’re in the Northeast or Midwest, don’t bother with bananas or avocados. If you’re in California, well, pretty much everything can…