…He says lower milk and turkey prices led to the decrease in this year’s survey. “We’ve seen milk prices come down quite a bit from where they were in 2014….
Ranchers Collaborate with UC Researchers
…foothill regions of California, Southern Oregon and Northern Nevada. Solano County-based Detar Livestock, which operates throughout California and part of Oregon, supplied 330 heifers for the experiment in 2014. Rancher…
Bird Quarantine Facility in California Closing
…operating at a deficit—approximately $400,000 annually for several years—because of the low number of birds quarantined at the facility. In 2013 and 2014, Otay Mesa provided quarantine services for just…
AFBF 2016 Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey
…$38.10 2007 $42.26 2008 $44.61 2009 $42.91 2010 $43.47 2011 $49.20 2012 $49.48 2013 $49.04 2014 $49.41 2015 $50.11 2016 $49.87 Meet a Turkey Farmer: Darrell Glaser of Texas Video…
U.S. Turkey Production
…the poultry industry, see the monthly newsletter Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Production, Consumption, and Trade Value of turkey production: 2012: $5.45 billion 2013: $4.84 billion 2014: $5.30 billion 2015:…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
…$64.5 million since 2014. “NIFA is making investments to ensure America’s agriculture sector is able to rely on sound scientific approaches to increase production and ensure continued food security in…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
…A new study conducted by noted land grant university economists shows that MAP and FMD contributed $309 billion to farm export revenue between 1977 and 2014, an average of $8.2…
Grains Council Encourages Focus On Expanding Ag Exports
…with the support of farmer and agribusiness members as well as funds from the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) program in the 2014 Farm Bill….
Rural America at a Glance
…percent of the Nation’s land area. The rural population declined by 136,000, or 0.3 percent, between 2010 and 2014, before leveling out in 2015. (Except where noted, all data for…
NASCAR Will Surpass 10 Million Miles on Biofuel
…Nascar Sprint Cup Ford Ecoboost 400 race at Homestead-Miami Raceway in Homestead, FL on November 16, 2014 (Image ID:231759436 / Copyright: Daniel Huerlimann-BEELDE / Editorial Credit: Daniel Huerlimann-BEELDE / Shutterstock.com)…
Environmental Regulations Early GOP Target
Top Congressional lawmakers already had Obama-era regulations in their sights shortly after the election of Donald Trump to the White House. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell is urging Trump to…
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
…agricultural land to schedule in-person interviews. The survey asks for information on conservation practices installed, nutrients and pesticides applied, cropping history, irrigation, and grazing for the 2014-2016 production years. Those…
Incentives to Grow the Bioeconomy and Improve Forest Health
…deliver biomass for renewable energy. The funds are from the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “USDA investments in expanding biofuel feed-stocks lay…
West Coast Ports Improving Infrastructure, but More Needed
…GAO following the 2014-2015 labor slowdown shows the ports have either planned or completed infrastructure projects and implemented operational changes, although some additional changes need to be made. Meatingplace reports…