…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…
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
…American Farm Bureau. AFBF’s Seanica Otterby has the story. New Waterways Law The Water Resources Reform and Development Act is important not just to agriculture – but also everyday consumers…
More Cling Peach Acreage Needed
California growers are getting an incentive to increase cling peach production. According to the California Farm Bureau, farmers who planted new cling peach orchards have the opportunity to get 20-year…
Cotton Producers to Examine Montana Agricultural Operations
…will visit ORIgen for a presentation on breeder to breeder genetics services and then tour Erickson Farm in Broadview to look at dryland wheat, corn, sunflower, safflower, and barley crops….
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,…