Everett Griner talks about cotton facing a tough future in today’s Agri View. Still ‘Pickin’…
USDA to Launch New Farm Bill Program to Help Provide Relief to Farmers Affected by Severe Weather
…corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, barley, canola, sunflowers, peanuts, and popcorn. Nearly three-fourths of all acres and liability in the federal crop insurance program will be covered under…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces New Farm Bill Provision for Farmers Affected by Severe Weather
…Yield exclusion for the 2015 crop year will include corn, soy beans, spring wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, barley, canola, sunflowers, peanuts and popcorn. New Farm Bill Provision Announced Secretary…
United States and Brazil Reach Agreement to End WTO Cotton Dispute
…dispute. Brazil has also agreed not to bring new WTO actions against U.S. cotton support programs while the current U.S. Farm Bill is in force or against agricultural export credit…
Deadlines Approching for Disaster Programs
Two deadlines are fast approaching for USDA disaster assistance programs. Cotton growers have only days more to sign up for a Farm Bill program that bridges old farm payment programs…
California Crop Weather
…the weekend. Field Crops Winter wheat plantings started. Cotton conditions were rated 80 percent good or excellent. Last irrigations were completed and some fields were prepped for defoliation. Pasture and…
Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices
…there will be less rice and cotton yield than projected last month, a huge forecasted yearly increase is driving prices down. Gary Crawford explains. Large Crop Dropping Rice, Cotton Prices…
EPA Registers New Nematicide Alternative to Restricted-Use Soil Fumigants, Including Methyl Bromide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is registering a new active ingredient, fluensulfone, a non-fumigant nematicide that provides lower-risk chemical control of nematodes than methyl bromide and other Restricted Use soil…
Agri View: Cotton Pickin’ Industry
Everett Griner talks about the effect on the cotton crop of Gin shortages in today’s Agri View. Cotton Pickin’ Industry…
The Land and Water Conservation Fund at 50
…the Trust for Public Land indicates that that every dollar invested in land conservation through the Land and Water Conservation Fund creates $4 in economic value—imagine what could be done…
Weekly Crop Check-In
…problematic in scattered areas. Cotton continued to push along toward an early finish. Less than a quarter of the crop showed bolls opening by week’s end. The crop was rated…
Cotton Transition Assistance Program Enrollment Begins Next Week
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency Administrator Juan M. Garcia today announced that farmers can enroll in the Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) from Aug. 11, 2014 through…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…market in the U.S. for the U.S. Atlantic Spiny Dogfish. Emerging Markets Program (EMP): On April 17, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published a Notice of Funding Availability for EMP,…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…U.S. estimate for Durum wheat production for states other than Arizona and California will not be available until July 11, 2014. Sweet Potatoes California’s 2013 sweet potato production, at 6.84…