…Organic Program (NOP) and be certified compliant by an approved agent of NOP. Survey results are available at www.nass.usda.gov/organics or the Quick Stats database at http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov. NOTE: The 2014…
APHIS Seeks Comments on Treatment Evaluation Document
APHIS Seeks Comments on a Treatment Evaluation Document to Add a Treatment Schedule for Grapefruit from Australia Imported into the United States The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and…
Tapping Sorghum’s Genetic Potential
Sorghum growing at a breeding nursery. Photo by Robert Klein USDA/ARS An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist has developed new genetic resources that allow the breeding of sorghum varieties…
New Markets Sought for Walnut Sector
…original market price. This season, production will come from 315,000 bearing acres, up 15,000 from 2015, according to the USDA. Balint said California’s walnut acreage has increased about 70,000 acres…
NFU and Farm Aid Looking for Help
…hardest hit farmers and ranchers; increased funding for USDA farm loan programs; and resources to provide short-term remedies for low commodity prices, to be included in the upcoming Congressional spending…
Agri View: Corn and the Market
…for today. I’m Everett Griner. From: USDA Economic Research Service Feed Outlook by Tom Capehart and Stephen MacDonald, USDA (published August 16, 2016) Record Projected Corn Yield and Production for…
September Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS, Pacific Region Office released the crop production forecast for September. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of August and the first week of September,…
USDA Seeks Nominees to the National Dairy Board
…visit www.ams.usda.gov/dairy or contact Jill Hoover, Deputy Director, Promotion, Research, and Planning Division, Dairy Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Room 2958-S, Stop 0233, Washington, D.C. 20250-0233; telephone (202)…
Cotton Crop Condition Ratings Fall, but Production Forecast Rises
Cotton crop condition ratings are still falling, but USDA’s new production forecast is up from a month ago. Gary Crawford has the story. condition ratings fall…
Farm to School Grants to Increase Local Foods in Schools
…year. Administered by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, these annual, competitive grants will help further USDA efforts to increase locally sourced foods in America’s school meals. “Bringing the bounty of…
WASDE at a Glance
…forecast for 2017 is raised to reflect slightly more rapid growth in milk per cow. Read the full USDA WASDE report. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Governor Signs Ag Overtime Bill
…authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez who spoke on behalf of the bill before it passed the Assembly last month. “We know that the report…from USDA that includes quarterly reports, we…
CA Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
Navel Orange Production Forecast The initial 2016-17 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons, according to a survey conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of the total Navel orange…
Ag Producers Cut Expenses by Nine Percent
…and a resulting collapse in farm income. Farmers paid out a total of $362.8 billion last year, the lowest outlay since 2012 according to estimates from the USDA Farm Expenditures…