…The people who work in agriculture are vital to our everyday life, and we’d like to thank them in the pages of the Farmers’ Almanac. From the food on our…
Federal Review of Cattle Markets to Last Months
…Group implemented new rules aimed at enhancing livestock market trading. The new measures include reduced trading hours and adding livestock contracts to the CME Globex Messaging Efficiency Program, which caps…
Farm Groups Discuss Ag Policy with Trump
…including agricultural trade, food safety, Farm Bill and crop insurance programs, ag labor, infrastructure and the importance of science based regulatory policy. None of the groups participated in either meeting…
HFCS Prices Near Records as Usage Nears Lows
…year. The companies, according to the letters, were seeking to wrap up contracts extending into 2017 by the end of August. Reuters says higher prices have prompted some food makers…
Lower Farm Product Prices Could Help Keep Lid on Food Prices
What could those projected huge farm crops and lower prices for crops and livestock mean for retail food prices? Gary Crawford has the story. Lower Farm Product Prices Could Help…
California’s Strawberry Industry Without Methyl Bromide?
…Food safety and nutrient management on the farm The issue also includes two research papers focused on general production practices for crops. One report discusses on-farm food safety practices based…
Chicken Consumption Study
…87% of consumers ate a chicken meal or snack purchased from a supermarket and 72% ate a chicken meal or snack from a food service establishment. While supermarket numbers increased…
Senator Toomey Announces Opposition to TPP
…grow my own food. He trades with refrigeration companies so he doesn’t have to build coolers. We all trade with the electric utility for power. Trade is the fundamental mechanism…
Lower Meat Prices Stall Food Inflation
…percent before seasonal adjustment. The energy index declined in July and the food index was unchanged. The index for all items less food and energy rose, but posted its smallest…
Louisiana Flooding Destroys $14 Million of Rice
…he thinks his second crop is “toast or teal [duck] food.” Read more. Image credit: (lower right) The view Saturday (8-13-16) from atop Allen McClain’s grain bins south of Abbeville…
Agri View: Advancement of Farming
…food, including fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy, that everyone eats (Prax, 2010). That’s a large change in the amount of people associated with producing food and making sure that everyone…
Almond Update: Raising Money for FFA Scholarships
Participants in the Almond Leadership Program are raising $20,000 for scholarships for FFA members. Rory Crowley, assistant operations manager for Nicolas Nut Company and participant in the Almond Leadership Program,…
European Grapevine Moth Eradicated From California
Agricultural officials confirm eradication of grape pest, lift quarantine restrictions Agricultural officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in…
Food Scraps
…food scraps into things you can use again. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Leftover Food Scraps 6 Fun Things to Do With Fruit and Vegetable Peelings…