…cheese (between 2014 and 2016, U.S. cheese exports dropped by almost 20 percent). The current national price for farmers’ milk is $14.50 per hundredweight, or $1.25 per gallon, the lowest…
FDA Memo Urges ‘Reset’ on Nutrition Goals
…“there is a growing appreciation for how many health problems in the U.S. have nutritional causes.” The review was completed in December of 2014 but never released to the public….
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…management training for Certified Crop Advisers Between 2014 and 2016, approximately 900 Certified Crop Advisers participated in a nitrogen management training program coordinated by UC ANR’s California Institute for Water…
CA Free of TB Testing for Cattle Movement
…2008 and 2013. These herds have all been declared free of the disease. “This announcement is several years, thousands of lab tests and hundreds of herd inspections in the making,”…
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…emissions and meeting California’s climate goals,” said Randall Winston, Executive Director of the Strategic Growth Council. Notably, Monterey County – which in 2014 ranked fourth among California counties in agricultural…
Ag Looking for Tax Certainty from Candidates
…was complicated and often wasn’t known until December.” The uncertainty gave farmers what Wolff called a ridiculous week or two at the end of 2014 to decide whether to use…
Fresno County Ag Value Declines in 2015
…Crops-2015 1. Almonds 2015 – $1.206 billion 2014 – $1.302 billion 2. Grapes 2015 – $896.295 million 2014 – $905.099 million 3. Poultry 2015 – $561.146 million 2014 – $654.760…
Dollars Spent at Farmers Market
…$155,235 in 2013. Expenses of the producers in the Sacramento Region who are not engaged in direct marketing averaged $214,486, which is 39 percent higher. Read more of the study…
Wal-Mart donated $1 Million for Conservation Efforts by Rice Farmers
…Mississippi River and along the Gulf Coast in conservation practices. The USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited Stewardship Partnership was established in 2013. The partnership secured a $10 million grant from the Department…
Farmland Values Dip Amid Lower Crop Prices
…In February, USDA said declining commodity prices will push farm income down 2.8 percent to $54.8 billion this year, less than half of the 2013 record. From the National Association…
Agriculture Production Costs Sharply Decline in 2015
…expenditures at $700 million, an increase of 16.7 percent. Livestock producers spent $182.6 billion, down 6.6 percent from 2014. Crop growers spent $180.3 billion, down 10.9 percent from 2014. Per…
The People’s Department: A New Era for Civil Rights at USDA
…about real change. In 2015, USDA reduced the inventory of pending civil rights complaints to its lowest level in five years; and between 2010 and 2014, USDA’s Farm Service Agency…
USDA Announces Assistance for Dairy Farmers
…understand the nation’s dairy producers are experiencing challenges due to market conditions.” The payment rate for May/June 2016 will be the largest since the program began in 2014. The national…
California Citrus Acreage
…report consists of two parts: Table 1 shows estimated statewide bearing acreage for the 2013-14 to 2014-15 seasons. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show detailed acreage data by type, variety,…