…because internal cotton prices are almost double the cost of polyester prices. The U.S. cotton industry highly depends on export markets such as China, but U.S. exports to China are…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, include dry edible beans, down 13 percent from last year, and upland cotton, down 4 percent to the lowest intended acreage ever recorded….
Save the Bees
…That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Save the Honeybees From: American Farmland Trust Save the Bees by Kirsten Ferguson, Senior Writer & Editor at American Farmland Trust We…
Farms Face Increased Financial Pressure, FB President Tells Ag Subcommittee
…some, since they started farming.” Duvall’s testimony included a long list of bad economic news: Cotton — 80 cents a pound just a few years ago — now brings prices…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…cotton, rice, sorghum, oil crops, dry beans, potatoes, and sugarcane/sugar beets are forecast to rise by at least 1 percent in 2016. Direct government farm program payments are forecast to…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…Rob Pavey Outdoors Editor One of the newest tools under development in the war against feral hogs involves a primary preservative used in bacon, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department….
Prospective Plantings for 2016
…cotton in 2016, down 4 percent from the acreage seeded in 2015. If realized, upland cotton planted area in California for 2016 will be a record low. In addition, growers…
The Western View: Fake Science
…all of the corn, cotton and soybeans grown in the US is from GMO seed, and it has cut the amount of pesticides used by 90 per cent in corn,…
Agri View: Standards and Grades Facts
…marketing and procurement. Quality Standards USDA provides quality standards for agricultural products such as cotton, dairy, fruits and vegetables, livestock, poultry, nuts, and processed foods. Quality Standards for Grain USDA…
China Takes Step to Approve CA Strawberries
Officials from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in China have announced the initiation of the draft protocol for export of California fresh strawberries to China….
Agri View: Pigweed Research
…is considered a threat most specifically to the production of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops in the southern United States because in many places, the plant has developed resistance…
Agri View: New Cash Crop
…futures price variations. From: Business.com Marijuana as a Cash Crop Back in the 1700s, Pennsylvania, along with many other U.S. states, benefited from the sale of hemp — marijuana’s non-psychotropic…
What is GMO Food?
…as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Genetically modified crops have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and for better nutrient profiles. GM livestock have been developed,…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…the product of many curious and ingenious people who made incremental improvements to the work of their predecessors. This slideshow requires JavaScript. 1. Cotton Gin: In colonial times, cotton cloth…