…our corn in 2015, and it is important that we will avoid the negative impacts on that and other corn markets which retaliation by Mexico and Canada would have brought…
The Western View: Red Combines
…International Harvester and Case IH from 1915 to 2015. That’s 100 years of changes to a machine that revolutionized agriculture and brought mass production to grain farming. The combine was…
California Leads Nation in Horticultural Sales
…meet the needs of growers, industry leaders, and policymakers,” said Chairman of the Agricultural Statistics Board Mark Harris. “We added 60 new items to the questionnaire to provide the most…
American Pistachio Growers Visit China
…Miss California 2015 to promote pistachios in China. Their 9-day blitz began December 10. In addition to Bree Morse, Miss California 2015, the growers who will travel across China include…
Drone Registration Rules Announced
…register no later than February 19, 2016. Owners of any other UAS purchased for use as a model aircraft after December 21, 2015 must register before the first flight outdoors….
Agri View: World Health Organization Condemning Red Meat?
…on Cancer / World Health Organization IARC Monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat Lyon, France, 26 October 2015 – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC),…
Honey Bees’ Hard Winter
…– the Varroa mite. However, during my 2015 hive evaluations, I was disturbed to find the vast majority of hives contained mite infestations well above the threshold level of concern….
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Looks Back at 2015
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack looks back at 2015 and working lands for wildlife. For…
New Software Measures Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
…Balancing agriculture’s net emissions and sequestrations has been a question mark. That’s where the COMET tools come in, says Adam Chambers, one member of the team that developed the online…
Milk Calendar
…years since it started in 1974. Milk Calendar From: Dairy Goodness/Milk Calendar Recipe website This month’s recipe: Chicken and Root Vegetable Pot Pie | 2015 Milk Calendar About the Milk…
Weather Can Predict Leaffooted Bug Pressure
…gummosis or egg masses on the sides of nuts. If gummosis exists, cut a cross-section across the damaged site to look for a puncture mark from the bug’s mouthparts to…
Almond Board: State of the Almond Industry
The 2015 Almond Conference is happening this week in Sacramento, and a big presentation every year is the State of the Almond Industry. Sabrina Hill has more. State of the…
U.S. Cotton Sector Facing Difficult Economic Conditions
…is marketed throughout the year. He urged that USDA be able to operate the marketing loan program as it did prior to the 2008 farm bill – and beginning with…
Citrus Forecast: No Changes for California
Mark Hudson, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Washington, D.C., reported the December citrus forecast. Although Florida oranges dropped another 5 million boxes, there were no changes in the reported numbers…
