A USDA agency spruces up its website and boasts a new link to help farmers and ranchers improve the land they own or lease. Susan Carter reports. Farmers and Ranchers…
Talking With You About the Five W’s of Your Food
Here’s another part of ag business. Farm broadcasters, no matter the platform they use, are about telling you where your food comes from, and the price you pay for it….
A New Forest Service Interactive Visitor Map
…as well as what activities we can do when we arrive. Rod Bain reports. A New Forest Service Interactive Visitor Map For the U.S. Forest Service Interactive Map website, please…
Daily California Eggs for 05-23-14
…USDA Grade AA and Grade AA in cartons, cents per dozen. This price does not reflect discounts or other contract terms. RANGE JUMBO 175 EXTRA LARGE 168 LARGE 161 MEDIUM…
Peanut Price Highlights
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.9 cents per pound for the week ending May 17, up 0.3 cent from the previous week. Marketings of…
April Egg Production Up 2 Percent
…flocks during April 2014, up 8 percent from April 2013. Released May 23, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)….
Groundwater Discussions at CDFA Meeting
…climate change resiliency.” In January, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the California Water Action Plan outlining…
Farm Leader Calls for Quick Negotiations on Drought Bills
Paul Wenger, President, California Farm Bureau Federation Welcoming passage of a U.S. Senate bill to address water problems caused by the severe California drought, California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul…
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA May 23
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/u… http://www.fs.fed.us/ http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/ http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html…
USDA Unrolling New Crop Insurance Policy Option
The USDA is unrolling a new crop insurance policy option, thanks to the 2014 Farm Bill. Called the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Policy, it will provide flexible coverage options for…
A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies
Rod Bain USDA’s Rural Development works with rural electric cooperatives to provide loans and grants for local economic development projects. Rod Bain reports. A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies…
Senate Version of FY15 Ag Appropriations Moves On
Rod Bain The full Senate Appropriations Committee approved their version of the 2015 Fiscal Year funding for USDA and the Food and Drug Administration. Rod Bain has the report. Senate…
California’s 2013 Walnut Acreage Up 8 Percent From 2011
…of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts an acreage survey of California walnut growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide walnut acreage information on new plantings…
California Fluid Milk and Cream Review
Farm milk production in CALIFORNIA plateaued according to several milk handlers. With steady milk intakes, processors report all milk loads are finding processing room. Some silo storage is available in…