Passing the USW Gavel Roy Motter, wheat farmer from Brawley, CA, took the reins as Chairman of the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Board of Directors at the organization’s annual meeting…
Pacific Region Crop Production Report
The USDA, NASS, Pacific Regional Office today released the crop production report for June. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of May and the first week…
Citrus Crop Forecast Has No Changes for California
…crop. Citrus Crop Forecast USDA/NASS June 2014 Citrus Crop Production form. (.pdf) The final USDA/NASS Citrus Crop Forecast for this season is scheduled for Friday July 11, 2014 at 9:00…
Proposed Expansion of the Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine Boundary
For Torrance area, Los Angeles County. Effective June 10, 2014, the Department is expanding the Los Angeles County Quarantine Boundary for Grids 469 and 470. A map of the proposed…
Clean Water Rules Comment Period Extended
After loud outcry from the agriculture industry, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on clean water rules. This extension is a victory for farming families – according…
Daily California Eggs
…is slow. Monday’s shell egg inventories declined 7% in the Southwest and increased 20.3% in the Northwest. Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA…
New Waterways Law Benefits Agriculture, Consumers
President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act today. WRRDA is an important piece of legislation for agriculture – one that has been a priority for the…
Bare Facts About Bees
…How important are bees? Bees are vital to California agriculture, as most of our crops rely on them for pollination. Speaking recently at the Alltech Symposium, Alltech Global Director of…
Pork Producers Say ‘Move On Without Japan’ for TPP
…the 17 free trade agreements the United States has concluded since 2000, only 233 tariff lines combined have been exempted from having tariff elimination. For more, see Agriculture Groups Urge…
USDA Farm Service Agency Phone Scam Alert
Farm Service Agency has become aware that scam phone calls are being made to customers regarding disaster payments. The caller identifies themselves as being from Farm Loan Services in Washington,…
Daily California Eggs
…on moderate supplies. Market activity is slow. Small benchmark price $1.35. Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents…
USDA Takes Steps to Stop PEDv, PDCoV
…authorities. Help for pork producers In a step to prevent the spread of Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, the USDA has issued a federal order requiring reporting of the virus to…
Postive Growth for Beef and Pork Exports
The beef and pork industries are both seeing a pattern of positive growth, but what’s behind the new numbers? Sabrina Hill has more. Meat Export Numbers The U.S. Meat Federation…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 6
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies http://www.usda.gov/oce/ http://www.dm.usda.gov/employ/diversi……