…from the October forecast, and up 6 percent from last season’s crop Grapefruit – The 2016 – 2017 California grapefruit forecast is 4.1 million boxes, up 3 percent from the…
Minimum Wage, Truck Exemption Among New Laws
…beyond, so that they minimize the risk of underpayment claims. “The change of the threshold for most employers will occur as a result of ramping up seasonally for pruning, harvest…
Corn, Soybean Production Up in 2016
…billion bushels, up 11 percent from 2015. Corn yield in the U.S. is estimated at 174.6 bushels per acre, 6.2 bushels above last year’s average yield. Area harvested, at 86.7…
Food Safety Rules Challenge Farmers on Several Fronts
…kit that will include a detailed checklist that works the way a farmer would—from pre-harvest to post-harvest—and focuses on water, worker training, sanitation and wildlife. “It’s also going to be…
Will the Next Ag Secretary Please Stand Up?
…of Protect the Harvest and Carrie Castille (Kas-steel), former associate commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, are leading the efforts. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
…law allows sugar processors to obtain loans from USDA with maturities of up to nine months when the sugarcane or sugar beet harvest begins. Upon loan maturity, the sugar processor…
South American Soybean Harvest Underway
Brazil soybean harvest is just underway in Matto Grosso, getting started a few days before Christmas. Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today says soybean harvest in Parana should get going within…
Agriculture Secretary Search Continues
…least early next week. Currently, Brian Klippenstein (clip-in-stine) from Protect the Harvest is the lone listed transition team member for USDA. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
EPA Takes Action to Prevent Poisonings from Herbicide
…many agricultural and non-agricultural settings and is also used as a defoliant on crops such as cotton prior to harvest. EPA proposed similar measures last March and took public comment….
Detector Dogs Funded to Protect Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…to programs in California and Florida to enhance inspections and efficiently move products; Grapes: $860,690 to enhance surveys for grape commodity pests and diseases in 17 states and harmonize Grapevine…
Agri View: Weather Disasters
…hit. Cotton harvest was in full swing and pecans were just about ready to begin. Rain and mostly wind destroyed millions of dollars of both crops. These were not all,…
U.S. Trade Deficit Widening on Falling Soybean Exports
…shipments to China after a poor harvest in Argentina and Brazil. Meanwhile, exports of capital goods were the highest in October since December 2015. From the National Association of Farm…
Easy-to-Harvest Raisin Grape Reduces Production Cost
…many grapes, crews must go out about two weeks before the harvest and cut the canes, which are the long branches on the vines that actually produce the grapes. Once…
Record Yields Leading to Storage Crunch
A bin-busting harvest is doing just that, according to a new report by CoBank. The cooperative bank says this year’s yields have created a storage capacity crunch at U.S. elevators…