Shutterstock image The US orange crop is expected to decline by over 30% to 11.5 million boxes for the 2024-2025 season, reflecting challenges like trade conflicts, climate change, and citrus…
Late Season Western Mountain Snowpack Boost
Active weather of recent weeks has provided additional inches of snowpack on Western mountain ranges needed as part of regional Spring and Summer water supplies. Rod Bain talks with USDA…
American Agriculture History Minute: Morrill Act of 1862 Opens Extension Offices
By True, Alfred Charles, 1853-1929;Clark, V. A. (Vinton Albert);Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France);Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Wikipedia image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture…
Study Finds Pierce’s Disease Prevention Saves California Growers Millions
Symptoms of Pierce’s disease in a vineyard. Picture from University of California A new study from the UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine Economics shows that efforts to combat…
Farm Closures Feared as Ag Industry Responds to New Tariffs
…economic sustainability of farmers who have lost money on most major crops for the past three years. “More than 20% of farm income comes from exports, and farmers rely on…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 04-03-25
…funding and ensure farmers are reimbursed for contracts. The bill addresses the impact of frozen funding on farmers’ investments, particularly in specialty crops. In today’s Almond Board of California feature,…
CASP has New Feature for Growers
The California Almond Stewardship Program (CASP) has a new feature that allows growers who have gone through the self-assessment process to get a simple printout with all of the information…
Surplus Broiler Eggs Offer a Potential Solution to Rising Table Egg Prices
Woodinville, WA USA: A variety of eggs for sale inside a Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store. DepositPhotos image In 2025 alone, more than 20 million commercial table egg-laying hens have…
More Corn Expected to be Planted This Year
USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report for this season indicates a rise in corn acreages planted from the previous year, but what is the forecast for plantings of other Spring crops? Rod…
UK Detects First Case of Bird Flu in a Sheep, Stoking Fears of Spread
Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain’s government said, adding to the growing list of…
Rollins Embarking on a Six-Month Trade Mission
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is embarking on a six-month mission to six international markets to enhance American agricultural exports and tackle the nearly $50 billion agricultural trade deficit. The…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ste. Geneviève, Missouri Develops with Farming
The Bolduc House in Ste Genevieve MO To the right is the Jean Baptiste Valle House; to the right of that is the Commandant’s House. The Bolduc House was built…
California Almond Producers Vote to Continue Marketing Order
…promotional campaigns, and quality standards, the program aims to maintain the competitiveness of California almonds in the marketplace. California Almond Producers Vote to Continue Marketing Order Sponsored Content Let’s Talk…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 04-02-25
…the show about new technology and electric vehicles, Nick and Lorrie talk about the discovery of 18 million tons of lithium in California’s Salton Sea, valued at $540 billion, which…