…leafhopper and host plant vegetation surveys in the agricultural areas of the desert the week of November 14th. Areas surveyed included Blythe, Holtville, El Centro, and Calipatria. BLH activity was…
Dairy Exports to Increase by $500 Million in 2017
…USDA does expect dairy imports into America to rise $200 million in the coming year. The top three U.S. agricultural trading partners are China, Canada, and Mexico. However, trade is…
No GMO Wheat Found in Commercial Supplies
…APHIS for their work on the incident. The organizations credited effective communication between APHIS, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, farmer organizations, the grain trade, and customers to keep things moving in…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
The U.S. Treasury Department recently proposed a rule change that would lower or even eliminate valuation discounts on family-owned entities. The Internal Revenue Service hosted a forum to discuss the…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…minimum wage and agricultural overtime pay. “We are probably going to phase out crops that have to be hand-harvested if we aren’t going to get any mechanical harvesting to make…
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine Near Panorama City
…Agriculture (USDA), the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are working collaboratively to address the issue. The quarantine area in Los Angeles…
Stink Bug Could Infest by the Tens of Thousands
…Sacramento, Southern California and Riverside. And we do know it’s in the Central Valley, but we just haven’t seen any of those large populations near any of our agricultural crops.”…
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…the United States and “blend in” with native strains of M. oryzae and evade rapid detection, scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Kansas State University and the University of…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…technologies. Requiring agricultural water suppliers to quantify water use in their service areas and describe measures to increase water use efficiency. Full compliance with water use targets for urban water…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
…the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Science Research Unit (FSRU) in Raleigh, North Carolina, work to reduce acrylamide while maintaining health-promoting compounds in foods. The current process used to determine…
November Dairy Market Report
…hundredweight last June to $9.48 in September. The world dairy market and U.S. dairy export outlook also continue to brighten, but rising U.S. milk production is complicating the forecast for…
Farmers and Ranchers to Protect Working Grasslands
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept more than 504,000 acres that were offered by producers during…
Spread Cheer, Not Invasive Hungry Pests, This Holiday Season
…Traveling abroad for the holidays? Declare all agricultural items to customs officials upon your return or you may bring back more than memories. In addition to fresh produce, declare all…
Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports
…2015 dollars). This far exceeds the overall inflation-adjusted growth rate in total U.S. agricultural exports, which rose from $76.7 billion in 2004 to $150.2 billion in 2014, almost a twofold…