California cotton is forecast to have a big year, but how can that be with the limited water cotton growers are getting? Cotton Growers Forced to Adapt California cotton growers…
Bat Population Decline
…2016 Update Little brown bats, like these found in a cave in Maine in 2013, are increasingly being found with white-nose syndrome. The U.S. Forest Service is researching many angles…
Drought Causing More Losses to California Farmers
…the same time, the report expects a significant reduction in acreage for field crops that require significant amounts of water, including corn, wheat, cotton and alfalfa. However, despite a projected…
Cotton Forecast Up Despite Low Water
California cotton projections show a rare increase even with the low water allocations on the west side of the Central Valley. Cotton Projections High Despite Low Water California Cotton Ginners…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
…cotton, tomato, onion and broccoli and comparing them with crops produced under furrow and drip irrigation. With all of them except tomato, overhead irrigation led to similar or increased yields,…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…GE crops have decreased crop loss due to plant pests. However, the committee examined data on overall rates of increase in yields of soybean, cotton, and maize in the U.S.…
CVP Water Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year
Leaders say low water projections for the Central Valley Project (CVP) are unexplainable and have limited high projections for this year’s cotton production. Allocation Limiting Big Cotton Year Industry leaders…
Agri View: Pollinator Extinction
…to our own well-being.” Crops that need help from pollinators include coffee, apples, cacao, cotton, mangoes and almonds, to name just a few. We’re also talking big business: “The annual…
Two Sides of TPP
…TPP: From the American Farm Bureau: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 23, 2016 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership will tear down trade barriers and help level the playing field for U.S. agricultural exports…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…growth over the last 10 to 15 years has replaced both perennial and annual crops. This includes cotton, vineyards, non-irrigated grasslands, alfalfa, grain and hay crops, tomatoes, corn, mixed field…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…record $624 million. Vietnam’s large and growing textiles industry offers significant opportunities for U.S. cotton exporters. Under the TPP agreement, all of Vietnam’s tariffs on cotton, currently as high as…
Agri View: Grand Champion
…Western Scholarship Trust, which supplies scholarships for students studying agriculture and rural medicine. “This show has been one of my biggest goals,” Macey said after the highest bid was secured….
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…do the opposite.” Rep. Ashford: “I am disappointed in the actions taken by the EPA to lobby Washington State legislators using federal funds. With trust in our public officials at…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…announced a three percent duty on all U.S. cotton fiber imports into Turkey. This action follows the country’s unfounded investigation into whether U.S. cotton was dumped into Turkey, an allegation…