…United States and around the world. Dairy has played an important role in America’s history since before the Revolutionary War, but it was not until the early 1900’s that the…
Pacific Region, Poultry Report
…and 2,352 in April 2015. U.S. April Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.21 billion during April 2016, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 7.10 billion table…
Supreme Court: Farmers Can Challenge Wetlands Determinations
…waters of the United States,” according to the Hagstrom Report. Farm groups, such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, applauded the decision. Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says “now farmers…
USDA Launches Ag Resource Management Survey
…conventional milk production in the United States. The survey is a joint effort of NASS and USDA’s Economic Research Service. USDA claims the information the agencies obtain through the survey…
Global Grain Glut to Continue with Second-Biggest Crop on Record
…be nine million metric tons more than forecasted in April as wheat crops improve in the European Union, the United States and Russia. Bloomberg reports the International Grains Council expects…
California 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 10.8 million…
The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers
…The Western View: Cattle Pollution Numbers It corrects a statement by the UN that made cattle a primary cause of global warming. UC Davis professor Frank Mitloehner says that cows…
“Farmcation” to Connect Farmers with Urbanites
…began to sprout last summer when Lesser and her then-fiancé moved to her family’s farm in western Massachusetts, where they grew an acre of vegetables and raised 65 chickens to…
Food Waste Research
…McCarthy announced the United States’ first-ever national food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction by 2030. As part of the effort, the federal government will lead a new…
Agri View: Problem for Honeybees
…far. The presence of A. borealis is nothing new. Since the 1920s, specimens have been collected by entomologists from diverse habitats across the United States and Canada. It was not…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
A delegation of Farm Bureau leaders from California, who traveled to Washington, D.C., last week, encouraged the U.S. Senate to pass Western drought legislation that can be sent to a…
More Overhead Irrigation in California’s Future
Researchers see more overhead irrigation in California’s future Overhead irrigation systems have revolutionized agriculture across the United States and in other parts of the world, using less water than furrow…
Female Farmer Emoji
…lot? Doctor, teacher, scientist, and—ta-da!—farmer. I mean, how could they forget the female farmer? Between 1978 and 2007, the share of farms operated by women nearly tripled in the United…
Agri View: Different Crops
…in the United States, with much of the crop providing the main energy ingredient in livestock feed. Corn is also processed into a wide range of food and industrial products…