…that there is only a certain amount of margin available.” Goehring said it’s important to keep stable numbers so process facilities stay open. “Supporting our processing facilities, we don’t want…
Thaw Food with Water
…If you’ve ever changed your mind about what to make for dinner, because you don’t have hours to wait for food to thaw in the refrigerator. Food scientists say wait…
Agri View: New GMO Law
…modified ingredients. So how will the new GMO law affect shoppers? It’s hard to say. Actually the new law is very vague. I read it but I don’t understand it….
Agri View: Contaminated Recall
Everett Griner talks about FDA recalls on contaminated food taking too long in today’s Agri View. Contaminated Recall If there’s anything you don’t want in your house its contaminated food…
Agri View: New Possibilities
…words groves of research. What people don’t realize is that the pomegranate is a very good health food. We could find a lot of anxious growers in groves. That’s Agri…
Most Consumers Say They Lack Access to Information about Food
…easily access the information they’re looking for in language they understand, it may appear that either you don’t have a positive story to tell or you have something to hide….
Agri View: Foreign Trade
Everett Griner talks about the complications of foreign trade for producers in today’s Agri View. Foreign Trade I just don’t understand international trade, at least the way it’s structured anyway….
China Wants GMOs, Citizens Don’t
A new report says China wants to incorporate the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture, but the Chinese people do not. And Bloomberg says the latest food safety scandal…
Arkansas Representative Introduces Tax Deferred Savings Bill for Farmers
…we don’t need to look any further than this past August for proof of that. From crop failure, changing markets, insect damage, unusual weather, and natural disasters, producers’ livelihoods are…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
…to be more profitable again. “We’re about due for a correction like this, something to shake up this industry a bit,” he said. “I don’t like it, but it might…
Drought May Accelerate Shot Hole Borer Spread
…“It’s a question that I don’t know if we will ever be able to answer completely. Unfortunately, the introduction of the insect into California at a time where the host…
Known Sorghum Pest Spotted in California
…we don’t really know what kind of impact it has on forage sorghum yet,” Dahlberg said. “There haven’t been a lot of reports on forage sorghum, what kind of damage,…
Tight Shell Means Less Pests
…the nursery looks for in almonds, and some qualities it wants to prevent. “What we don’t want to see are varieties that are open-sutured or really fluffy, fibrous inner hulls…
Germany Signaling Opposition to Bayer-Monsanto Deal
…cast doubt on the acquisition. One lawmaker said “more than 70 percent of Germans say they don’t want genetically modified food on their plates, but that’s exactly part of the…