…new premier sponsor for this crop forecast coverage series, OnlyMoso USA, will host AgNet’s Gary Cooper to anchor the broadcast from a related bamboo business headquarters in Italy, which has…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
…prices. This comes as state rice inventories have been building. Marketers say lower prices now allow them to sell more rice and win back price-sensitive markets that had largely turned…
Apple a Day
…prevent memory loss. Eating an apple a day, with one teaspoon of honey and one cup of milk, is recommended in the treatment for loss of memory and mental irritability….
USDA Launches Cage-Free Egg Report
…transparency to the cage-free shell egg market. The new monthly report includes wholesale price information for cage-free shell eggs traded on a contract basis and negotiated spot market basis. The…
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…8 percent compared to a survey conducted a year ago. Of the 16 items surveyed, 13 decreased and three increased in average price. Egg prices dropped significantly due to production…
Agri View: Bee Survival
…losses to about ten percent annually. The general loss range is about thirty percent. His method of saving his colonies is not a simple effort. It requires a whole new…
FWS Proposes Endangered Species Act Protections for Bumble Bee Species
…lists stressors to bumble bees as pathogens, pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. The Service points specifically to neonicotinoids use in agriculture that correlates with the decline in populations. The…
Duarte Nursery Stands Up to Federal Regulators
…in a legal battle with federal regulators over whether he violated federal law by plowing his land. Duarte is facing fines of $8 million, and potentially the loss of his…
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…the price of chemicals and seed for farmers.” He warned that price increase would be ultimately passed on to the consumer. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Retail Dairy Prices Rose in August, but Still Lower than Last Year
Annemarie Kuhns, USDA food price economist, giving the Consumer Price Index information for dairy prices. lower-than-last-year…
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
Lack of profitability on dairies, the No. 1 consumer of alfalfa and other forages, has depressed demand for hay, dragging down prices that had reached record-high levels two years ago,…
Trump Adviser Talks Agriculture
…commodity price supports. He said, “For someone who’s gained support running against Washington insiders, the ag interests are some of the most Washington insiders there are.” Regarding Trump’s hardline stance…
Water Board Declares Water War on Merced and Stanislaus Counties
…and could only be written by a government agency operating behind closed doors which has turned a deaf ear to the communities which will ultimately pay the highest price. This…
NFU Reacts to Bayer-Monsanto Merger
…Judiciary Committee will be reviewing the alarming trend of consolidation in agriculture that has led to less competition, stifled innovation, higher prices and job loss in rural America. We underscore…