…USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms. RANGE JUMBO 181 EXTRA LARGE 175 LARGE 168…
Vilsack Message: Local Markets, Local Growth
…jobs, and improving quality of life. USDA’s local food work takes many forms. Last week, USDA opened the 19th season for our farmers market with great fanfare. This is one…
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
…provided by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and funding was provided by the agency’s Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program. After a speedy signup, which resulted in 41 contracts, Klamath…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 13
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For morer information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/us… http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/.. http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/…
New Funding for Fight Against Citrus Greening
…Cooperative Extension Service projects to combat Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening disease. The funding comes from the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA allocated another $6.5 million, for a total…
Shell Eggs: Daily California Eggs
…slow. Shell egg marketer’s benchmark price for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other…
Broiler Hatchery Report
…29, 2013 through June 7, 2014 for the United States were 3.93 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. USDA/NASS Broiler Hatchery Report (.pdf)…
Daily California Eggs Report
…for negotiated egg sales of USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms. RANGE JUMBO 181 EXTRA…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…as unprecedented water shortages force farmers into difficult decisions. Some farmers have decided to bulldoze groves; others will pay many times the usual price for water, in some cases just…
California Wheat Farmer Installed as USW Chairman
…producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding provided by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. For more information, visit www.uswheat.org or contact your state wheat commission….
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…
Farmers Targeted in Phone Scam
…the Farm Service Agency, and saying the farmer is owed disaster funds. They then ask for the farmer’s bank information or credit card number. This is a scam. The Farm…
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…