USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, notes how El Nino has contributed to reduced drought coverage across the nation since mid-October. El Nino And Reduced Drought Coverage “A lot of this…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
…schools where 50 percent or more of the enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced price meals. This year, Fuel Up to Play 60, who has provided more than…
Vine Mealybug More Challenging to Treat
…the spreading of populations, but also makes them hard to treat. Daane adds that the pest also can also be found all over the plant, making product coverage a challenge….
Wetter Winter Helps Ranchers Offset Lower Prices
…as “an absolute rollercoaster,” with prices soaring in 2014 into early 2015, then crashing last fall. But he said the market appears to be holding steady and prices may have…
Super Bowl Chicken Wings
…the Super Bowl, 75 percent will come from food service outlets and 25 percent from retail grocery stores. The average wholesale price of whole wings is currently about 1-78 per…
Haynet
…blizzard in parts of New Mexico and Texas included high mortality. And in some cases, a loss of available hay or grazing land for feed. But there’s hope, thanks to…
Agri View: China Relations
…relatively high prices. The authors interpreted this finding as a reflection of the reputation of French wine and a strong preference for European wines. This pattern of imports reversed during…
Wetland Mitigation Banking Program
…they are interested in producing crops that has been a wetland, and the opportunity to convert that wetland but only to do so if they offset that loss of benefits…
Food Prices pt. 2
Which items we’ll be paying more and less for in 2016. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. This Land of Ours – Food prices pt. 2 Will prices…
Agri View: Cost of Food
…butter prices were going through the roof,” she said. But changing menu prices to reflect a volatile market is simply not feasible. Donatelli raised her prices shortly after the holidays,…
Food Prices 2016
…price Economist Ann Marie Kuhns predicted that grocery store food prices in 2015 would go up by 2 – 3 percent. However, prices only went about about 1-point-two percent –…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…these foods. This is meant to translate into a product with a lower price, greater benefit (in terms of durability or nutritional value) or both. Initially GM seed developers wanted…
A New Food Price Forecast for 2016
What kind of price situation are food shoppers expected to face in 2016? A New Food Price Forecast for 2016…
FFA Jackets Awarded to Students by County Farm Bureau
…Lara, Woodlake FFA Carolina Lara, Woodlake FFA Antonio Martinez-Nova, Mt. Whitney FFA Erica Ortega, Orosi FFA Nicholas Patton, Golden West FFA Paizlee Price, Mt. Whitney FFA Charliez Racicot, Mt. Whitney…