…Click to Open or Download Audio Report Statistics issued this week by the U.S. Agriculture Department show that for 2012 – nearly half the fresh vegetables grown in the United…
Record Numbers for Beef, New Japan Regs
After dealing with low heard counts and record high feed costs in 2012, expectations of record export numbers and new regulations from Japan mean 2013 may be a much better…
Census of Agriculture Forms Due Soon
…can use a special, secure website to answer the census questions. Your answers are kept confidential. Completed forms are due by February 4, 2013. For the census website, click here….
Ag Sec Vilsack: Complete 2012 Census of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Reminds Producers to Complete 2012 Census of Agriculture Census Information a Vital Tool for Evaluating USDA Programs and Services WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this…
CA Cattle Ranch Nominated for Award
…Audio Report Sparrowk Livestock of Clements California was named the 2012 EASP Region 6 winner during the Cattle Summer Conference. Now all of the regional winners are waiting to find…
Rice Predictions for 2013
…can expect 2013 to be much like 2012. International prices play a big part in what rice producers here get for their crops. California’s rice is exported to Asia, the…
Another Drop for Cotton
…plantings. USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber says prices dropped in 2012 from the 88 to 90 cents per pound of 2011 and another drop is expected this year. Prices could…
Cleaning Up Greenhouse Gasses
…for that purpose. Laura Mandell is with the Center . She says there’s information about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQUIP , on the site. The website is http://www.usdairy.com/saveenergy…
CA Farm Bureau Scholarships Available
…surpassed $2 million in scholarships distributed since the foundation’s inception in 1955. More than 70 students benefited from foundation scholarships in 2012. In addition to general scholarships, the foundation grants…
Scholarships Available for High School Seniors
…of recommendation; one copy of their high school transcripts; ACT or SAT scores and be graduating from high school during the 2012-2013 school year. Applications are available online. Click here….
Ag Groups Respond to Farm Bill Extension
…proposed Farm Bill passed by the senate in 2012. The statement by National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jerry Kozak calls the extension –quote – a little more than…
Trying To Predict the Future of Ag
…going to happen in agriculture. 2012 is a good example of that. Agriculture Department Chief Economist Joe Glauber says 2012 was predicted to do much better. But, the nation saw…
California Water Allocation for 2013
…to nearly a million acres of farmland and more than 25 million residents. For 2012 the final water deliver was 65 percent of the requested amount. Even in especially wet…
Dairy Trade with Russia
…butterfat, whey protein and lactose averaged 434-thousand tons, valued at $1.6 billion, from 2009-2011. Through three quarters of 2012, the nation was on track to hit similar numbers by year-end….