Water Storage Investment Program Regulations Approved by California Office of Administrative Law The California Water Commission (Commission) announced today that starting March 14, 2017, proponents of new water storage projects…
Harvest Update, ACP and Marketing at Citrus Showcase
…event, with the luncheon program being the main attraction. The program was a group discussion on marketing with some of the best minds in the business. The panel included chief…
USDA Confirms H7 Avian Influenza in Tennessee
…the nearby area. The United States has the strongest AI surveillance program in the world, and USDA is working with its partners to actively look for the disease in commercial…
White House Says No Changes to RFS
Reuters says the White House is denying a report that President Trump is about to issue an executive order aimed at changing the nation’s biofuels program. This comes after a…
Broiler Hatchery Report
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 222 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 25, 2017,…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
…California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, conducted today’s survey at Phillips and said of his findings, “It’s not the record, the record being 56.4 (inches), but still a pretty phenomenal snowpack…….
Tarping Fines Could Be Costly
…citrus loads to be tarped or fully enclosed as they travel through the state. “There were new compliance agreements that were mailed out,” Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program Grower…
Citrus Showcase This Week
…California citrus industry is fighting that deadly disease,” he said. “We’ve also got a very good lunchtime program. It’s a roundtable-type discussion on a marketing program. Several leading marketers in…
Citrus Tarping Started March 1
…psyllid (ACP). The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program (CPDPP) is helping to get the word out about the new regulation. “That regulation is stating that every load, regardless of…
AFBF President Addresses USDA Ag Outlook Forum
…in agriculture production.” Duvall called for a workable guest worker program run by USDA. Meanwhile, Duvall pointed to AFBF’s priorities for the year and the ‘best of times’ outlook for…
Agri View: Quicker Aid
…three years. Cotton prices fell nearly forty percent in 2014 and farmers had no official program to help cover their losses. As a result finding any financial aid for their…
Some Brazil Soybeans Very Muddy
Brazil’s top soybean producing state, Mato Grosso, has soybean fields ready for harvest but are so muddy it’s difficult to walk through, let alone drive a combine through. A Bloomberg…
Effective Dairy Safety Net Requires Federal Spending
…farm country.” Dairy farmers have been very vocal of late regarding the Margin Protection Program established in the last Farm Bill. The dissatisfaction began in 2015 and that spilled over…
Agri View: Farming Technology
…mechanical devices that are being invented, developed and produced to help farmers produce and harvest a crop. Machine and tools that can replace the human hand. We call it technology….