Harvest is underway for what’s been forecast as a record almond crop, and growers say despite prices having dropped from their peaks a year ago, they see good market prospects…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…Mass., $249,657 Tufts University, Medford, Mass., $599,796 Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, South Deerfield, Mass., $595,533 Future Harvest Inc., Cockeysville, Md., $597,599 ECO City Farms, Edmonston, Md., $352,095 Minnesota Food…
Agri View: Equipment Sharing Plan
…a cotton farmer to have a harvester and a baler? It might be today, but it’s doubtful in the future. They are learning to share. Today harvest equipment is used…
Zika Virus Battle
…found in newer housing developments. The scientists believe that the drains, designed to channel rain or irrigation runoff to the gutter in front of the house, may leave a perpetual…
Edible Flowers
…not just the flower that’s poisonous, it’s the entire plant. Here is a list of common poisonous plants whose flowers you don’t want to harvest for the kitchen. And below…
Application of Dicamba on Cotton and Soybeans Is Unlawful
…That means any dicamba application during the growing season is against the law. Use on cotton and soybean fields are restricted to pre-plant or post-harvest burndown applications only. Missouri has…
Ranchers, Loggers Express Concerns About Forest Plans
…members hold permits to graze livestock and harvest timber, among other uses of the forest. CFBF has taken the position that the draft plans do not adequately address the severe…
Mason Jar Recycling
…plastic bags, and plastic containers that hold our food and beverages. It’s what you carry your groceries home in. It’s part of your daily beauty ritual, housing your lotions, cosmetics,…
USDA Forecasts Record-High Corn and Soybean Production in 2016
Both U.S. corn and soybean growers are expected to harvest record-high crops this year, according to the Crop Production report issued by the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service….
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…a crucial to successful harvest. But you don’t see hay stacked anymore. No, not where I live. That’s Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner. From: Farm Collector History of…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…big political football.” Ruddick, who is currently harvesting Bartletts, said availability of harvest help has been adequate so far, but as grape harvest picks up, it becomes more of an…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…Avocado harvest was ongoing. Fig growers began preparations for harvest of the second crop. Wine grapes in the Central Valley approached veraison. Table grape harvest continued. Read the full report….
France Facing 30-year Low in Wheat Yields
…country is heading for its worst wheat harvest in three decades due to heavy rains and a lack of sunlight. Wheat output is projected to fall by 30 percent from…
Limiting Tomato Bacterial Canker Spread
…debris and soil during cleanup of that harvester is wise so you aren’t taking it into a non-infested field. It’s not going to be a problem in the current harvest…