…milk prices and the cost of purchasing feed for dairy cattle. Farmers can choose to pay higher premiums for additional levels of margin coverage, although a decreasing number have elected…
Building a Reliable, Low-Cost Device to Measure Moisture in Grain Bags
ARS agricultural engineer Paul Armstrong uses the “Post-Harvest Loss moisture meter” to check bags of stored maize in Ghana. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new way…
Despite Rising Demand, U.S. Doesn’t Do Enough to Support Organic Transition
…Organic food sales now represent 5 percent of total U.S. food sales. Despite the rapid growth of the organic industry and the price premium enjoyed by organic farmers, consumers’ demand…
St. Patrick’s Day Cabbage
…your body. Cabbage is great for weight loss. At just 33 calories per cup; it can also be used to help lower your cholesterol. With so much vitamin C in…
Maximizing Profits with Poultry Litter
…fertilizer. They factored in the costs for the litter and the market price of the cotton to determine optimal rates for earning a profit. The researchers found that the most…
Task Force Arrests Man for Stealing & Selling Farm Equipment
…value $10,000). This was a total loss of $22,500. On March 8th, an Ag Task Force detective working the case was driving in the area of 29000 W. Whitesbridge Ave….
Ozone Pollution Damages China Rice Production
Yield Losses Could Endanger Global Food Security By Pat Bailey, UC Davis News Ozone pollution damages rice plants when they are forming their “panicles,” the flowering spikes where the grain…
Grape Crush Shows Bounce-Back Year
…The 2016 Chardonnay price of $886.00 was up 12.4 percent from 2015, and the Cabernet Sauvignon price of $1,468.34 was up 11.5 percent from 2015. The 2016 average price for…
Farmers Need Solution to Immigration Challenge
…production depends on them, losing even just a portion of foreign-born undocumented workers would have serious implications for both farmers and consumers. In the worst-case scenario, a complete loss of…
California All-Orange Forecast Drops 2 Percent
…a.m. Pacific time. You will be able to hear the forecast here on this website. THANK YOU to our Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors. Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll…
National Milk Producers Make Farm Bill Recommendations
…net for the nation’s dairy farmers. The recommendations range from changing the way dairy feed costs are calculated, to providing farmers greater flexibility in signing up for coverage and using…
Global Food Prices Edging Higher
…month and sugar prices increased 1.6 percent. The index shows global vegetable oil prices decreased 7.6 percent. Finally, dairy prices were up slightly from January, but reached the highest level…
U.S. Corn a Better Deal for Mexico than Corn from Brazil, Argentina
…U.S. would require a price shift in Brazil and Argentina. Concerns over Mexico sourcing corn beyond the U.S. surfaced this month after a Mexican lawmaker planned to introduce legislation to…
Rural Mainstreet Index Improving
…less negative. Over the past 12 months, livestock commodity prices have tumbled by 9.4 percent and grain commodity prices have slumped by 6.3 percent, both an improvement over last month,”…