…expecting record yields during harvest. Russia is expecting its biggest wheat harvest in history despite having a much lower number of acres devoted to the crop than it has since…
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…
Ag Economy Barometer Lower in August
…The USDA forecast of another record harvest led to worries of increasing carryover stocks in both crops and the lowest corn prices in a decade. Tighter cash flow margins are…
Agri View: Labor Program
…is the only Federal program that enables a farmer to hire foreign field workers with experience to harvest fruit and vegetable crops on an effective schedule. And it isn’t working….
Walnut Objective Measurement Report
…to harvest, which is expected to begin in early September. The 2016 Walnut O.M. Survey utilized a total of 729 blocks with two sample trees per block. Survey data indicated…
Fruits & Nuts Review
…wine grape harvest began towards the end of the month. The table grapes were harvested in the Central Valley area of the State. Grape vineyards were sprayed for mildew, mites,…
Low Wheat Price Support Needed in New Farm Bill
Wheat prices have tumbled to the lowest point they’ve been at in the last decade, thanks in part to a successful harvest in the U.S. and strong harvest prospects overseas….
High Density Almond Trial Showing Promise
…a hedge so they grow straight upward. This allows the trees to fit inside a modified olive harvester. The machine takes the nuts off the trees and conveyors them over…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…acre average. The soybean harvest estimate is 4.093 billion bushels with a 49.3 bushel per acre average yield. Corn: Ohio: 154 bu. per acre. We didn’t find as much corn…
Processing Tomato Production-2016
…percent below the May forecast. Drought conditions and hot weather lead to an early start to the harvest season. Harvest began in mid-June in the southern growing areas. The harvest…
Almond Board: State of the Almond Industry
…last harvest with the industry thinking the crop size was going to be lower than the objective estimate and pricing climbed even higher. As we got into fall, the conventional…
Algeria Returns to U.S. Corn
…tons (9.3 million bushels). It is one market being tracked by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) as the new corn crop nears harvest and global market forces indicate potential for…
Comments Reopened on Import of Lemons from Chile
…required to be registered annually with the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of Chile and certified as a low pest prevalence production site; shipments are subject to post-harvest processing and…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Persimmon Fruit
…be registered and approved by the National Plant Protection Organization of New Zealand; persimmons must meet requirements for orchard pest control, post-harvest safeguards, fruit culling, the ability to traceback shipments…