…a clean, dry orchard floor. Almonds should be harvested as soon as possible after they have matured to avoid quality loss and to minimize exposure to navel orangeworm and the…
Hummingbirds Need Our Help
…quick as they are, they are not always quick enough to escape danger. Historically hummingbirds were killed for their feathers. Habitat loss and destruction are now the hummingbird’s main threats….
Dairy Farmers work to Help Cows Stay Cool
…buoy milk prices being weighed down by large inventories and other factors. Milk production typically falls during summer months, as cows respond to the heat. Record-setting heat in June had…
Current Farm Downturn Not Likely to Reach 1980’s Crisis
…points out that interest rates were very high in the 1980s, and today’s interest rates are historically low. The price of oil is another major difference, according to his report….
American Farm Bureau Lists Farm Bill Goals
…the “higher of” the five-year Olympic Average yield for the Agriculture Risk Coverage County Program or a simple 10-year average yield. Increase the reference price used as a floor for…
Farms and Ranches Need Tax Relief Now
…On his family farm in Volga, South Dakota, VanderWal has seen the price of corn go as high as $7.60 per bushel to as low as $2.80 per bushel in…
USDA Releases July WASDE, Crop Production Reports
…in higher than the pre-report average estimate as well, according to DTN-The Progressive Farmer. The farm price for the 2017-18 soybean crop was pegged at an average of $9.40 a…
Farmland Market Trend Hard to Define
…shows a price decline from previous selling prices. Ag land values in most areas should be expected to continue gradually declining over the next several years if commodity prices and…
Cost for Your Summer Cookout
…hamburgers, watermelon and American cheese was $55.70, down slightly from last year’s total. He says the declines in price follows the market action and on-farm production, with an increase in…
State Funds Authorized to Combat ACP
…with commercial production dropping over 70%. According to a University of Florida report, the spread of HLB has resulted in the loss of 7,945 jobs and $1.098 billion in industry…
Managed Honeybee Colony Numbers Increasing
…over-winter period. The over-winter loss rate has since diminished to 22 percent in 2014-2015, but over-summer losses have grown. The net result is that about 44 percent of colonies perished…
Agri View: Job Losses Due to Automation
Everett Griner talks about how automation and technology advances have caused job losses in today’s Agri View. Job Losses Due to Automation More and more farming is becoming an automated…
Western View: It’s Longmire Days in Wyoming
…more to it. Love and loss, dreams destroyed and reborn, radical hippies and modern militia – these things are all there, just as they are a part of the real…
Coffee Grown in California
…southern California are figuring out ways to make coffee thrive by growing the coffee bush under the shade of older, taller, low-yielding avocado trees. At the moment, the price of…