…that 66 million trees—mostly pine species—have died in the southern Sierra alone, due to bark beetle infestations, drought, wildfire and climate change. One question now, experts say, is what will…
Food and Agriculture Co-op Income Again Sets Record
Net Income for Top 100 Co-ops Rose by 14 Percent Net income for the nation’s agricultural cooperatives soared by 14 percent last year, according to data released today by the…
Fruit Growers Fight for Market Share in China
Demand for fruit in China continues to rapidly grow and U.S. exporters are fighting for market share. A report by the Department of Agriculture shows exports rose threefold to 3.8…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
…fairly stable, Childs said California rice exports will see gains primarily in the Middle East and northern Africa now that prices have dropped. Messick said prices rose so high that…
Retail Dairy Prices Rose in August, but Still Lower than Last Year
Annemarie Kuhns, USDA food price economist, giving the Consumer Price Index information for dairy prices. lower-than-last-year…
August Dairy Market Report
…price rose $0.30 per hundredweight in June, while the July federal order prices showed particular upward buoyancy for Class III,Class IV and even the lagged Class I prices. In the…
Canada Records Records Beef Herd Increase
…to 641,800 head. The number of beef cows also increased, up 0.3% to 3.8 million head. The inventory of calves on July 1 rose 3.9% to 4.3 million, the first…
U.S. Beef Gaining Market Share in Japan
…rose 12 percent in volume and five percent in value to $707.2 million over the first six months of the year. The increase comes despite the preferred beef from Australia…
Lower Meat Prices Stall Food Inflation
…Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 0.8…
Survey Shows Cover Crops Boost Yields
…has grown steadily, averaging just under 300 acres per farm in 2015, and projected use will grow to 339 acres per farm this year. Corn yields rose 3.4 bushels per…
Agri View: Farmers Benefit from Oil Prices
Everett Griner talks about how farmers benefit from low oil prices in today’s Agri View. Farmers Benefit From: Norton Rose Fulbright Low oil prices – what do they mean for…
Ag Economy Barometer Turns Higher in June
…of farmers who think their operations will be financially worse off in the next year rose from 27 percent to 37 percent in June. The number of people in the…
June Dairy Market Report
…to March, while the monthly Margin Protection Program feed cost calculation rose by 64 cents per hundredweight. Those changes put the bimonthly MPP margin for March-April at $7.15 per hundredweight,triggering…
Shot Hole Borer Trapping in Avocado Groves
…More About The Pest From the UC IPM website: Symptoms of polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) attack and fungus infection differ among tree species. The beetle produces a very precise,…