…19 states, focusing on the states that were major producers of the surveyed crops. (Fig. 1) In California, NASS collected data for 23 crops, the most number of crops selected…
Valuable Crops to Consider Growing
Cathy Isom tells you about some valuable crops you might want to consider growing. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Valuable Crops to Consider Growing Some of the…
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
The latest Drought Monitor shows soils continuing to dry out and crops suffering as drought and abnormal dryness expands and intensifies across the Plains, Midwest, northern Rockies, and Virginia. Montana…
Exports Slip on NAFTA Uncertainty
…that’s not a firm deadline. Ag groups fear exports will fall further if it’s not done by the end of 2017. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Lemon Imports
…California has instituted legal action to halt the imports from Argentina. The reason for this action is, they fear that their crops will be exposed to insects and disease. It…
HLB Found in California Citrus Birthplace
…orchards, some production nurseries and unfortunately the University of California, Riverside will fall inside of that quarantine,” he said. Quarantine rules halt all host-plant materials from leaving the designated area….
Folta: Ben and Jerry’s Report Work of Bad Science
…because they don’t show the data. 5. Negative Controls. The article says that Ben and Jerry’s sources ingredients from non-GE crops. So where would any glyphosate signal come from? The…
Chlorpyrifos Ban Introduced in U.S. Senate
…a number of crops such as soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, citrus, tree nuts, peanuts, vegetables, and others, from losses to insect pests. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
No Referendum Needed for Citrus Pest and Disease Program
…goal of the program is to advise efforts to limit the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and the deadly disease the bug carries called huanglongbing (HLB). The first…
Senate Committee Blocks E15 Bill
…sometime in the fall. Ethanol groups say the fight for year-round E15 sales doesn’t end with the failure of support for the bill. Further, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt…
SoftBank Investing in Indoor Vertical Farming Company
…claims it has cracked the code on growing crops indoors efficiently. Plenty uses a vertical growing plane to grow leafy greens in a 52,000-square foot South San Francisco facility. The…
Agri View: Winter Storm Losses
…did. That is the way 2017 will be for peach farmers in Georgia. They lost about 80 percent of their crops to that late winter freeze. If you put that…
Almond Board: Reducing Harvest Dust
…large crops of recent years, it has become more and more common for almonds to be stockpiled, either in the orchard or at the huller/shellers. To avoid insect damage, stockpiles…
Sacramento County Farm Bureau Celebrates Centennial
…seed stock and cattle. Sacramento County is the 25th largest agriculture producing county in the state. The county’s total agricultural production is close $500 million. The top five crops in…