…kind of puts some downward pressure on the price of what the cannery’s willing to pay,” said Bays. Listen to the report below. Downward Pressure on Prices for Processing Tomatoes…
Study Shows Premium in Cattle from BQA Certified Producers
…Price,” led jointly by CSU’s Departments of Animal Sciences and Agricultural and Resource Economics, was conducted to determine if the sale price of beef calves and feeder cattle marketed through…
Raising Your Own Turkeys for Meat and Profit
…for meat and profit. Especially before during the holidays because their price will spike and almost every single family in the United States will buy a turkey for dinner. Raising…
Easiest Mushrooms for Growing at Home
…but you can’t typically find them in the grocery store, so they can fetch a decent price. They’re an ideal option for a beginner because they’re forgiving. They have a…
EPA Registers Long-Term Uses of Sulfoxaflor While Ensuring Strong Pollinator Protection
…significant economic losses, while maintaining strong protection for pollinators,” said Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “Today’s decision shows the agency’s commitment to making…
Pesticide Drift Incidents Create Potential for More Regulation
…to investigate the events, but the media coverage that the incidents are receiving create an atmosphere for even further regulation moving forward. “When you have sensationalized stories…then we don’t get…
USDA Now Making Payments for New Dairy Margin Coverage Program
…for January, February and March are, respectively, $7.71, $7.91 and $8.66. Coverage Levels and MPP Reimbursements Dairy producers can choose coverage levels from $4 up to $9.50 at the time…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 07-02-19
…price-fixing in poultry, potential agreements on the Water Quality Plan and hear how a coalition is getting veterans in the agriculture industry. Also, get details on what Secretary Perdue had…
Mite Levels Pointed Towards Bee Loss Survey
…losses of 15 percent that we used to experienced 50 years ago, no one is ever expecting losses that low but losses this high is alarming,” Project Apis m. Director…
July 4th Cookouts Costing About the Same
…beef and growth in U.S. meat production has led to higher ground beef prices but lower pork spare rib prices for the 4th of July,” said AFBF Chief Economist Dr….
DOJ Now Investigating Poultry Price-Fixing Allegations
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has intervened in an ongoing poultry lawsuit related to price-fixing among several major poultry processors. The DOJ filed a motion for a temporary stay…
Almond Matters: Controlling Mites as Weather Heats Up
…want to make sure that our nuts are completely developed and if we allow mites to interfere in that process it will cause severe damage and loss of yield,” Lopez…
USDA Farm Bill Implementation Progress Update
…through the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program. Sign-up began on June 17th with margin payments made to qualifying producers beginning in early July. Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage…
Vaccine Investigators Use Bacterium’s Own Protein Against It
A cow naturally infected with M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis that is in the late stages of disease and has typical clinical signs such as weight loss, watery diarrhea, and general…