…to cover, and the level of margin to protect. The program, created in the 2014 farm bill, offers more extensive coverage for low-margin conditions than previous programs. “The poor margins…
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
…2015/16 citrus crop at 8.52 million tons, down 6 percent from 2014/15. While Florida remains the main citrus producing State, its production levels are expected to decline 17 percent this…
July 4th Cookout Prices
…ground round prices are trending lower,” she noted, pointing to the nation’s cattle inventory and commercial beef production, which continue to rebound from dramatically low levels in 2014 and 2015….
Agri View: New Nut Champion
…States: native or seedling, and improved varieties. The entire 2014 U.S. pecan crop totaled 264.2 million pounds or 132,075 tons, less than a 1 percent decrease from 2013 and 2012….
More Groundwater Found in Central Valley
…in the midst of its fifth year of severe drought, and in 2014 Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency in the state. To meet its surface water needs, the…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…Center. The topic of the day was accelerating the growth of agricultural technology in Israel and California, a focus resulting from the 2014 M.O.U signed by Governor Brown and Prime…
Agri View: Farm Trends
…second, reached record highs in 2012 and 2013 and has been steadily dropping ever since, but this 2015 figure is way lower than it’s been—the lowest, in fact, since 2009….
Climate Smart Israel – to Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee
…which was listed in 2014 by MIT in its top-50 smartest companies. It is a very small company among giants like Amazon, Google and Tesla. It’s two founders have backgrounds…
U.S. EPA Fines Fresno Pesticide Distributor for Failure to Properly Label High-Risk Pesticide
…pay $34,320 in civil penalties, and has corrected all the identified compliance issues. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation inspected the facility in October 2013. Based on evidence collected during…
Agri View: GMO Law
…eat them. This led consumer groups to call on the government to place GMO labels on products made using the bio-engineered ingredient. In 2014, legislators in Vermont adopted a law…
Marijuana Sales
…cookie loved by millions of Americans. Between April 2014 and April 2015, its sales amounted to $711 million. Weed sales were five times higher than that. Dasani brand bottled water…
Agri View: Pesticide Residue
…samples tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014 contained pesticide residues – a surprising finding in the face of soaring consumer demand for food without synthetic chemicals. This…
California Delegation Set to Learn Conservation Strategies
…company in the Negev Desert that also does business in California. The delegation furthers a relationship between California in Israel that was cemented in 2014, when Governor Brown and Prime…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…touch and refer jobs to one another. Several previous students are making a living a sheep shearing. One is Stephanie Wilkes, a 2013 sheep shearing student who now runs her…