…crops including sweet potatoes, almonds, strawberries, grapes and carrots. It has been used in the United States since 1954 and in California since 1970, mostly in the San Joaquin Valley…
Hog Outlook Turns Sour
…the breeding herd, and that could lead to higher prices returning in 2018. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report United…
Western View: This year, it’s La Nina
…just have to see what happens. I plan to be ready for rain and snow but enjoy the sunshine. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View for AgNet West….
U.N. Official Says Lower Food Prices Threaten Anti-Hunger Efforts
A top United Nationals official says falling food prices harm anti-hunger efforts. The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization argues that steps should be taken to guarantee…
HSUS Lawsuit on Regulating CAFO Emissions Dismissed
A U.S. District Court last week dismissed a Humane Society of the United States lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency would not regulate confined animal feeding operations…
Food and Agriculture Co-op Income Again Sets Record
…Inc., a fuel, grain and food cooperative based in Inver Grove Heights, Minn., remains the nation’s largest cooperative in the United States, with $34.7 billion in total business volume for…
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Report
…and 2,337 in August 2015. U.S. August Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.58 billion during August 2016, up 10 percent from last year. Production included 7.44 billion table…
Support for Rural Cooperative Businesses and Organizations
…Texas city of Edinburg in Hidalgo County, one of the poorest in the United States. It serves a 33-county region that contains more than 1 million poor people and the…
Training, Educating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…the United States that train beginning farmers and ranchers, through workshops, educational teams, training and technical assistance. Eligible applicants include collaborative state, tribal, local or regionally-based networks or partnerships of…
National 4-H Week
…The organization has over 6.5 million members in the United States, from ages 5 to 21, in approximately 90,000 clubs. The organization which was founded back in 1902 and is…
Western View: Got Gas?
…cattlemen, but now the cow is the subject of a lot of study and there’s a lot of work going on to reduce their emissions. Dairies and cattle feed lots…
Livestock Sales Bill Clears Senate, Heads to White House
…backed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Sheep Industry Association, Livestock Marketing Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Farmers Union, National Livestock Producers Association, and United States Cattlemen’s Association….
Pacific Region Cattle/Livestock Review
…United States Cattle on Feed Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.1 million…
Updated Indemnity Calculator for Laying Hens
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating its indemnity calculator formula for laying hens, effective October 1, 2016. The updated formula was…