…agricultural exports, the United States has much to gain through congressional approval of TPA. The U.S. is coming off a record year of $152 billion in agricultural exports. TPA will…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Detected in Hollister
The San Benito County Agricultural Commissioner, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture have begun an extensive survey and treatment…
California Dairy Order Part 3
…a federal milk marketing order. In this report, Sabrina Hill continues her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of Communications with the National Milk Producers Federation. Dairy Order Pt 3…
USDA: Record Number of Organic Producers in U.S.
…a total of 27,814 certified organic operations around the world. According to data released by the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP), the number of domestic certified organic…
California Dairy Order Part 2
…get California on a federal milk marketing order. Sabrina Hill continues her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of Communications with the National Milk Producers Federation. Dairy Order Pt 2…
Atwater FFA Competes Towards A Strong Finish
…efforts.” The field day is composed of a variety of agriculture CDE’s where students demonstrate their intellectual and “hands-on” skills in agricultural related fields and occupations. The final state contest…
Cotton Acreage May be Lowest Since the 1920s
…the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NASS forecast total acreage at 155,000 acres, including 110,000 acres of pima cotton and 45,000 acres of upland varieties. This…
California Dairy Order Part 1
…milk marketing order. In this report, Sabrina Hill begins her series with Chris Galen, Vice President of Communications with the National Milk Producers Federation. Three Dairy Co-ops Want Federal Order…
How Changes In U.S. Rice Situation Impact Price
Seth Meyer with the World Agricultural Outlook Board talks about the net result with all of the small changes in the U.S. rice balance sheet. How Changes In U.S. Rice…
FSA Teams “Jump” in for Support at Local Offices
Cathy Isom Cathy Isom checks into how Farm Service Agency Jump Teams are helping take the load off in offices and locations across the nation. FSA Jump Teams…
Snowpack Melts Early Across the West
West-wide snowpack is melting earlier than usual, according to data from the fourth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “Almost all of…
Wenger: Get Ready to Engage in an Intense Water Debate
…can surely cite the statistics that the majority of the water that falls on California in a given year is reserved for environmental uses or flows directly to the ocean…
Eight Facts about Almonds, Agriculture and the Drought
…an increase in agricultural water use. But according to the Department of Water Resources, the total amount of agricultural water has held steady since 2000 and actually declined over a…
USDA Designates Del Norte County as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
…making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible…