In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing true cod with soba and ponzu with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 4 each 4…
Cotton System Consumption and Stocks Report
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 1.32 million pounds in January 2017, down 2 percent from December 2016 but up 24 percent from January 2016. January…
Broiler Hatchery Report
…by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 178 million chicks for meat…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
…at least a third of the supplies Californians use – will take much more than even an historically wet water year to be replenished in many areas. California’s climate is…
Tarping Fines Could Be Costly
New tarping rules are in effect for California citrus. The industry must comply, or it will face costly penalties. Tarping fines could add up to $10,000. A new regulation requires…
Reflections of a Farm Broadcaster
Wenger California Farm Bureau Leaders and Young Farmers & Ranchers Make Strong Impression By Gary Cooper, founder and president, AgNet Media, Inc. Hats off to California Farm Bureau (CFB) President…
Feed Industry Welcomes New Secretary of Commerce
The American Feed Industry Association welcomes Wilbur Ross as the new Secretary of Commerce in the Trump Administration. AFIA announced its intention to work closely with the Department of Commerce…
Farm Sector Working Capital to Decrease in 2017
…over the last five years, and combined with lower working capital, reflects a modest increase in risk across the farm sector. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Potential Deal to Change the Renewable Fuels Standard
…biofuel quotas from refiners to blenders. Refiners have now won agreement from the Renewable Fuels Association regarding shifting the point of obligation. The RFA now supports the idea in return…
The California Kitchen: Strawberry Puff Pastry
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing strawberry puff pastry with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 1 Sheet of Puff Pastry 1…
January Agriculture Prices Report
…milk, hogs, cotton, and hay. The Food Commodities Index, at 93.5, increased 0.4 percent from the previous month but is down 2.5 percent from January 2016. January Prices Paid Index…
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
…season. Over the long-term, California does receive ample precipitation, but it’s weather patterns are cyclical. Without investments in our water infrastructure, it will be economically devastating to the Valley to…
Trump Ends WOTUS, Ag Supports Move
…Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif: “The health of our nation’s water is of paramount importance to Western Growers and its 2,500 members who grow more than half of…
New Research Challenges 2050 Agricultural Production Needs
…targets for both food and environmental impacts to “clarify the scope of the challenges” agriculture will face in the coming decades. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….