…tons per acre this year. Besides the weather, tomato growers had to take on disease pressures. Miyao said Fusarium wilt race 3 is still making the rounds. While tomato varieties…
Farm Policy Facts Study Addresses Heritage Foundation Suggestions
…wheat, corn and cotton farmers when all costs are considered, profit less than 30 percent of the time. The study is available at www.farmpolicyfacts.org. From the National Association of Farm…
Countdown to Census: What You Need To Know
…of Agriculture. Producers can mail in their completed census form, or respond online via the improved web questionnaire. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has extensively revised…
Census of Agriculture to Start Soon
…forms in eight weeks. Producers can mail in their completed census form, or respond online. Conducted once every five years, the census of agriculture is a complete count of all…
WTO Will Investigate U.S. Complaint over China
The World Trade Organization has created a dispute panel to investigate U.S. complaints regarding import quotas by China. The panel came at the request of the U.S. regarding quotas on…
U.S. Yet to Propose NAFTA Dairy Fix
The United States has yet to propose changes to the dairy issue between the U.S. and Canada as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation. And, Canada’s…
Froman Says NAFTA Withdraw a Very Real Prospect
…and NAFTA and the Korea agreement appear to be at the top of his list.” His comments came as negotiators from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are holding round three…
2017 California Prune Harvest Returns to Typical Levels
…all of the U.S. supply. The French prune variety accounts for virtually all of the dried plum acreage grown in California. For more information about California prunes, please visit www.CaliforniaDriedPlums.org….
The Western View: Weather, Rain or Drought Ahead
…what my arthritic old bones are saying. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View brought to you by Citrus Industry Magazine – visit us on the web at www.citrusindustry.net….
Proposed Guest Worker Plan to Replace H-2A Worker Program
…and would replace the program that many in agriculture use to find labor. A Packer Dot Com article says Goodlatte, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told the United Fresh…
Is NAFTA Renegotiation Slowing Other Trade Deals?
…with NAFTA. However, groups like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association want the Trump administration to push ahead with other trade agreements in order to…
California Receives Funding to Boost Small Business Exports
…resources, when added to the GO-Biz support businesses already receive, empower companies to scale-up operations, create new jobs and grow their local economies.” California is one of the largest exporting…
Forage Industry Updated at Field Day
…importance of growers being as informed as possible before making a decision regarding variety, “they want to pull out the paperwork, pull out the data, look on the computer, to…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…common goal of industrywide improvements in pest and pesticide management for individual crops such as almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, grapes, and olives. IPM benefits most from a transdisciplinary approach to developing…