…and microbial based technology. Western View: Next Big Thing? That company is Novozymes, A Denmark-based multinational with offices around the world. It claims the title of the world’s largest…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…cotton exporters with a three percent duty as retaliation against a U.S. investigation into Turkish steel exports. This investigation was blatant retaliation, violated WTO procedure, and was anything but transparent….
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
Everett Griner talks about 2016 not being a good year for cotton producers in today’s Agri View. Cotton Producers Troubles From: Ag Web Cotton Industry Ponders 2016 Planting Intentions, Market…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
USDA Seeks Feedback from California and Nevada Growers About 2016 Crops, Stocks, Inventories, Values During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…about each crop’s water needs based on locations, soil conditions, age and varieties of the trees,” he said. Federal and state water projects, and a number of local water agencies,…
CA Students Honored
Two California students have been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). The national award is presented each year to exceptional students who…
Dollar Up Means Ag Exports Down
…Dollar Up Means Ag Exports Down Bank of America national executive for food, agriculture and wine Cornelius Gallagher showed dairymen and women that the U.S. dollar’s world value is continuing…
Insight from Johnsongrass Mapping
…troublesome agricultural weeds in the world. “Johnsongrass is a huge problem,” said Jeff Dahlberg, UC Cooperative Extension sorghum specialist and director of the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
…agencies and submitted detailed comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, the lead federal agency on the matter. “This is of great concern to the U.S. dairy industry…
The Western View: Goodbye to Merle Haggard
…the heart and mind, and was instantly understood and cherished by the world. Merle Haggard was born in Oildale, where he grew up poor. His father died when he was…
Worms Make Winery More Sustainable
…water conservation measures in support of the fight against climate change. “It’s essential that we constantly ask ourselves if there is a better, more efficient and more regenerative way to…
Agri View: Drone On
…is how most of the world’s businesses will use drones Construction and agriculture top the list. Goldman Sachs estimates agriculture will be the largest use case for drones in the…
Baseball Dogs
…Stadium in Anaheim, California. The hot dog total alone would reach as high as 5,425 One World Trade Centers, the tallest building in the U.S. “There are challengers galore, but…
North American Producers Committed
…products.” He noted that population estimates indicate agriculture needs to double production to meet the world’s needs in 2050. “Hog producers are very innovative, employing the best proven genetics, using…