If you are a farmer wanting to be certified in USDA’s Good Agricultural Practices program, you may be able to join with your fellow producers in your area in getting…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…opportunities to use non-traditional feedstuffs; increasing the quality and efficiency of producing meat, milk and eggs; and mitigating metabolic disorders. Fiscal year 2015 grants include: University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.,…
Agri View: Farmland Value
…can affect the financial well-being of agricultural producers. This report examines both macroeconomic (interest rates, prices of alternative investments) and parcel-specific (soil quality, government payments, proximity to urban areas) factors…
New GroupGAP Program for the Produce
USDA Announces Program Helping Smaller Producers Reach New Markets The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the official launch of GroupGAP, a new certification program…
Record Growth in U.S. Organic Producers
…on how USDA investments are connecting producers with consumers and expanding rural economic opportunities is available inChapter IV of USDA Results on Medium published today. USDA has strengthened programs that…
Pork Producers Support ‘CARB’ Recommendations
Recommendations for addressing antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a report issued last week by a White House advisory panel were welcomed by the National Pork Producers Council, which said U.S. pork producers…
The California Kitchen: Crepes With Strawberry Jubilee
…1 cup milk 2 t melted butter 8 strawberries 1 vanilla bean seeded 1t brandy 1/4 cup cream 3t sugar whipped cream 2 cup cream 2 cup confectioners’ sugar 1t…
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…year. Nevada producers intend to plant 4,000 acres of corn, up 2,000 acres from a year ago. Cotton – California farmers were intending to plant 45.0 thousand acres of Upland…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
USDA Announces over $90 Million Available to Support Local Food Systems, Specialty Crop Producers The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $90 million in…
Agri View: Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop
…include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made. Fermented foods include soy sauce, fermented bean paste, natto, and tempeh, among others. The oil is used in many…
Agri View: PETA Blasts FFA
…record straight by Amanda Radke in BEEF Daily In January, while more than 7,000 cattle producers gathered in San Diego, Calif., for the 2016 Cattle Industry Convention, PETA activist Emily…
Food Price Survey
…gallon regular milk, $2.13; 1/2 gallon organic milk, $4.32; and one dozen “cage-free” eggs, $3.67. The year-to-year direction of the marketbasket survey tracks closely with the federal government’s Consumer Price…
Challenges With ILRP Reporting
…the only real challenge they have seen so far is the deadline. Many of their producers are just starting to get busy as spring kicks in to gear and doing…
Milk Production to Increase Outside CA
Milk production projections show an increase overall but most of the gains are forecast outside of California. Production to Increase Outside CA Bank of America executive for food, wine and…