…in our studies but have been reported on other Prunus spp. In the spring of 2014, wet and warm conditions did not occur until mid- to late March, and fruit…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…the 2014 Farm Bill, capping the total number of acres that may be enrolled at 24 million for fiscal years 2017 and 2018. At the same time, USDA has experienced…
ABC Expands Elementary Educational Program
…by going to monthly seminars. The participants work on a presentation throughout the duration of the program that they unveil in their final month. “Two participants of the 2013 Almond…
Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
…has helped to create since 2014, and is part of USDA’s ongoing efforts to help attract private sector capital to investment opportunities in rural America to help drive more economic…
Research into Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Methods
…available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Established by the 2008 Farm Bill and re-authorized in the 2014…
Whiskey Study
…often described like smooth caramel, while rye is called dry and brash. Despite the quickly growing demand for whiskey in the United States (with revenues over $2.6 billion in 2014),…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…2014, up from $5 billion in 2008, and experts anticipate that value to hit $20 billion by 2019. The numbers also show that these opportunities are helping to drive job…
Antimicrobial Resistance Research
…(AMR). This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, and administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)….
Agri View: Cattle Ranching
…billion in farm gate receipts Cattle and Calves (USDA ERS 2014) • All cattle and calves Jan 1, 2016, 92.0 million head, up 3% from 89.1 million head on Jan…
NMPF Announces Staff Reorganization; Welcomes Two New Employees
…staff as we move forward,” he said. Meredith had served as NMPF’s vice president of animal care, and manager of the FARM Program, since 2014. She will continue to oversee…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…was valued at $12 billion in 2014 according to industry estimates. Under this Administration, USDA has invested more than $1 billion in more than 40,000 local and regional food businesses…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…increased in 2015. Bearing acres, that is orchards old enough to produce a crop, were reported at 890,000 acres, up 1.1 percent from 2014. Total almond acres for 2015 were…
Slightly Higher Acres Removed in Almond Report
…acreage. Slightly Higher Acre Removals California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of 1,050,000. Of the total acreage for 2015,…
It’s Not Just Climate Change
…same period, California and the U.S. Forest Service spent more than $5 billion on wildfire suppression. In a model from 2014 that examined California wildfires’ destruction over the last 60…