…12 percent in fiscal year 2021 alone. ERS expects export values to reach more than $150 billion, which would approach the record level set in 2014. As economies recover from…
Researchers Compiling Information on Spotted Lanternfly
Researchers have worked to compile a comprehensive resource on spotted lanternfly. The spotted lanternfly first arrived in the U.S. back in 2014 and has created a host of problems for…
Treating More Common Plant Pathogens Naturally
…The Rusted Garden 2013 Video by Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q14i9daHwvQ In 60 seconds or so… this video quickly shows you what a fungus might look like on your…
Rice Growers Have Until January 11 to Apply for Bid4Birds Habitat Program
The window for rice growers to apply for the Spring 2021 Bid4Birds habitat program is closing on January 11. The program was initially developed in 2014 by The Nature Conservancy…
Ag Biotech and Traditional Controls Combine to Eradicate Harmful Pest
…was launched to combat the pest. The study indicates that eradication of pink bollworm has helped to save American cotton growers nearly $200 million dollars a year between 2014 and…
Monarch Butterfly Not Endangered, But Will Continued to Be Monitored
…partners back in 2014. Monarch numbers in California have dropped from 1.2 million to less than 30,000 between 1997 and 2019. As a candidate species for protection under ESA, monarch…
Keeping Spotted Lanternfly Out of California
Growers remain hopeful that California will be able to prevent spotted lanternfly from establishing itself in the state. After being found in Pennsylvania in 2014 the pest has proved to…
Dairy Margin Coverage Applications Well Below Average
…the 2018 Farm Bill. “As you know it is a program that is the improved version of the Margin Protection Program from the 2014 Farm Bill. Congress listened to the…
2020 Predicted To Be Highest Net Farm Income Since 2013
…year came in 2013 when it was $123.8 billion. The numbers can be somewhat surprising given the challenges agriculture has faced in 2020. USDA-ERS reports that direct government farm payments…
Beet Curly Top Virus in Tomatoes Somewhat Manageable in 2020
…economic damage,” Turini noted. “But while there could have been some economic damage, it wasn’t something catastrophic like we had seen a few years ago in 2013 when there were…
Who’s Going to Be the Next Agriculture Secretary?
…Karen Ross, and former deputy agriculture secretary Kathleen Merrigan. One of the frontrunners for the position, however, is former Senator Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota. Heitkamp served from 2013 to…
Almond Update: Almond Achievement Award Nomination an Easy Process
…Jim Jasper – Stewart and Jasper 2014 – Dave Baker – Blue Diamond Growers 2013 – Martin Pohl – Hughson Nut 2012 – Joe Macllvaine – Paramount 2011 – Ned…
The Western View: Honors to A Farmer With A World-Changing Invention
…on previously marginal land. By 2013, center pivots irrigated nearly 28 million acres on 57,000 U.S. farms. The National Inventors Hall of Fame® inducts this world-changing farmer into their Hall…
WIFIA Improvement Act Looks to Assist Public Water Projects
…Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) of 2014. The amendments would make water projects eligible for low-interest federal loans from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “The Association of California Water Agencies…