…billion to the U.S. economy annually, according to FFAR. Honey bees specifically pollinate about 100 crops in the United States. Varroa mites have become resistant to many commercially available chemical…
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
…natural ecosystems and affect the production of important crops, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Insect pollinators contribute an estimated 24 billion dollars to the U.S. economy annually. Read the…
An Orchard Becomes a Community’s Jewel
…out to community members for a nominal charge, anyone can walk up and purchase crops for a mere one dollar per pound, and additional crops are sold at nearby farmers…
Organic Herbs & Female Empowerment: A NRCS Success Story
…for herself, Arambula eventually fulfilled a lifelong dream a few years ago when she found a niche market in organic herb farming in a sea of conventional monocrops. Initially, Arambula…
Agri View: Planting by Zodiac Signs
…A farmer in my family had crops that neighbors envied. He always planted by the signs. These various phases of the moon were as vital to him as the seed…
Cap on Conventional Ethanol RINs Will Reduce Biodiesel Market
…$.16 less per bushel for soybeans. The analysis utilized WAEES’s partial equilibrium model, which can be broken down into crops, livestock and biofuels components encompassing feed grains, food grains, cotton,…
Agri View: Agriculture Weather
Everett Griner talks about how costly 2017 was to agriculture due to weather damage in today’s Agri View. Well, first it was Irma, then a very unusual snowfall, that caused…
Almond Matters: California Weather Increasing Importance of Fungicides
In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent, the recent rainfall throughout the state has increased the importance of fungicides and preventative measures. The wet weather in late February,…
USDA Offers Renewal Options for Expiring Conservation Stewardship Contracts
…expiring contracts are due by April 13. Through CSP, agricultural producers and forest landowners earn payments for actively managing, maintaining, and expanding conservation activities like cover crops, ecologically-based pest management,…
New Study: RIN Price Cap for E15 RVP Waiver “Deal” Would Cut Ethanol Consumption and Trounce Corn Prices
…E15 even with the assurance that they could sell the fuel throughout the year. Under the proposed compromise, therefore, compliance costs will fall dramatically, but E15 and E85 sales will…
USDA Helps Cotton Producers Maintain, Expand Domestic Market
…due to heavily-subsidized foreign fiber competition and the immediate lack of a safety net policy on par with other crops. The industry will continue to work with USDA and Congress…
California Vegetables More Than Half of U.S. Total
…places California at a whopping $7.85 billion in vegetable production – over half of the U.S. total of $13.8 billion. Where are all of these amazing crops grown? Let’s take…
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Agriculture Coalition’s Request to Halt California’s ‘False and Misleading’ Prop 65 Labeling of Glyphosate
…is approved for application in over 250 agricultural crops throughout the United States. Despite scientific findings from hundreds of studies and conclusions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the…
Still Time to be Counted in the 2017 Census of Agriculture
…40 percent of the 3 million Census questionnaires mailed last fall,” said NASS Administrator Hubert Hamer. “A lot is at stake if producers are not represented in this data. Census…