Everett Griner talks about a government program that is costly and abused in today’s Agri View. Costly and Abused Help I suppose every community in America has its own program…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, August 21
…the calculator at the University of California integrated pest management website. All locations use CIMIS weather stations. NOW Degree Day reports are sponsored by Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide….
ISU Study Shows No Impact of RFS on Greenhouse Gasses
…(GHG) emissions. “The results confirm that the current RFS program considerably benefits the agriculture sector, but also leads to overall welfare gains for the United States,” according to the study’s…
Agri View: Florida Carrots
…color. But a slightly higher sugar content than its California counterpart. So, time will tell if Florida can challenge California and Texas. We will see. That’s Agri View for today….
Fresno County 2016 Crop Report Shows Drought, Market Impacts
…this year at number seven. Fresno County is a small reflection of California as a whole, producing a wide variety of different commodities. Because of that diversity, California is the…
Impending Avocado Production Uptick Due to Drought Impacts
California avocado production is set to increase next season, and mainstream media reports have attributed that gain to new plantings. California Avocado Commission Research Program Director Tim Spann said that…
South American Palm Weevil Makes Headway into California
The South American palm weevil has been killing Canary Island date palms in Tijuana and Baja California for the past seven years. The pest has migrated into California as more…
Perdue Announces Tony Tooke as New Forest Service Chief
…in Forestry from Mississippi State University. He was in the Forest Service’s inaugural class of the Senior Leadership Program, and he has completed the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program….
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
…Association President Bob Dinneen says the study model showed a more than 14-billion-dollar direct benefit to the farm sector…tape Benefit Thereby saving taxpayers on increased farm program costs, and consumers…
South Korea Lifts U.S. Poultry Ban
…OIE guidelines. “The United States has the strongest avian influenza surveillance program in the world and we were at once able to quickly identify, confine, and control this most recent…
California Pursues New Health Protections on Chlorpyrifos
State considers identification of the pesticide as a toxic air contaminant and developmental toxicant The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced that both the California Department of Pesticide Regulations and…
New Academic Journal Study: RFS Offers Substantial Benefits to U.S. Economy
…RFS program considerably benefits the agriculture sector, but also leads to overall welfare gains for the United States,” according to the study’s authors, Iowa State University economists GianCarlo Moschini, Harvey…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…he must remain a farmer. Enacted as part of the county’s new Local Coastal Program, and officially approved by the California Coastal Commission, the mandate requires landowners to remain “actively…
Deadline Approaching for Producer Feedback on FARM Program Resources and Tools
…to their operations. The results will help FARM’s Animal Care program better provide cooperatives and farmers with the appropriate guidance and materials required of program participants. Survey questions address topics…