…supplies did not keep up with demand. The drought, he said, suppressed any real growth in production, while demand for almonds continued to rise. “We needed bigger crops, frankly,” Cummings…
APHIS Accepting Applications for FY 2017 NCPN Cooperative Agreements
…and that would help develop and maintain a comprehensive, cohesive, and efficient clean plant network. Historically, NCPN funded specialty crops have focused on grapes, fruit trees, citrus, hops, berries, roses,…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…a series of Fall Forums that USDA will host in the coming months to highlight the progress made on the top issues facing the future of agriculture and set the…
Climate Smart Agriculture
Online Webinar: Netherlands & California Discuss the Challenges & Opportunities of Saline Agriculture—a Focus on Specialty Crops Last month CDFA hosted a climate smart agriculture webinar in partnership with the…
Got wild pigs?
…livestock. Leptospirosis, tuberculosis and brucellosis are among more than 30 diseases that wild pigs can spread to humans and livestock. The feral pig species can damage forage and crops and…
Beet Curly Top Virus Control Program Report
…vegetation and fallow fields for BLH populations and fall host plants in Firebaugh, Mendota, Huron, Five Points, Three Rocks, Cantua Creek, and Coalinga. Fallow fields were identified and mapped from…
Application of Dicamba on Cotton and Soybeans Is Unlawful
…states across the country believe that the illegal use of dicamba products on adjacent or nearby fields containing dicamba-resistant cotton and soybean crops is what caused the damage. The EPA…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 California Drought for Agriculture
…be idled due to drought, a small proportion of California’s 9.3 million acres of irrigated crops. Almost all fallowed land due to drought is projected to be on the west…
Mason Jar Recycling
…burdens this waste leaves us with. Plastic is quite a pesky little monster, sneaking into nearly every aspect of life. It’s at the grocery store in the form of bottles,…
Sales of Precision Farm Services Expected to Slow
…dealers expect any fall off in revenue, a considerable improvement from last year’s results when 35.5 percent of dealers predicted declining revenues. The percentage of dealers reporting declines of seven…
USDA Forecasts Record-High Corn and Soybean Production in 2016
Both U.S. corn and soybean growers are expected to harvest record-high crops this year, according to the Crop Production report issued by the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service….
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…preparing hay for winter storage. The reason I mentioned this is because growing and storing hay is one of the most important crops our farmers produce. But believe me, it…
Crop Production Forecast
…of water. Other Crops – The rice production forecast is 49.2 million cwt., up 31 percent from 2015; alfalfa hay is 5.83 million tons, up 7 percent; other hay is…
Pear Growers Say Supply, Demand Have Equalized
…more pear ground has been converted to other crops, Doug Hemly, who grows pears in the river district, said processors have recognized that a reason for the state’s declining pear…