Everett Griner talks about the cotton exports increasing in today’s Agri View. Cotton Exports Increasing Cotton growers didn’t have a lot of optimism when they started this year. Prices were…
Improving Water Quality in High-Priority Watersheds
…buffers, which protect and improve water quality where it is needed most. Conservation practices enhance agricultural productivity and profitability while also improving water quality by enhancing soil health and optimizing…
Funding for Robotic Research
…agricultural health to ensure access to safe, plentiful, and nutritious food; increasing agricultural opportunities by supporting a competitive agricultural system; contributing to clean and abundant water by protecting and enhancing…
CFBF President Urges Farmers to Work Toward Change
…build reservoirs, roads and other infrastructure that allowed California to become the greatest agricultural region in the world. Now, he said, the struggle has focused on defending the resources farmers…
CDFA: December is Farm to Food Bank Month
…providing healthy and nutritious farm products to people who need it most. With California’s great diversity of farm products and our abundant agricultural bounty, giving back to local communities is…
Dairy Groups Detail Importance of Dairy Trade
…each $1 billion of U.S. dairy exports generates more than 20,000 jobs and almost $3 billion of economic output. At the manufacturing level, USDA calculates that U.S. dairy exports support…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
Starting later this month, the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will measure sheep inventories and wool production during a nationwide survey. The American Sheep Industry Association is…
Poultry Industry Fears RFS Increase Will Alter Grain Prices
…this cap, ethanol exports were not envisioned. However, according to the Energy Information Administration, U.S. exports have averaged nearly 840 million gallons in the past two years and are trending…
Nations Racing to Fill Trade Leadership Gap Left by U.S.
…global trade leader to emerge. Without TPP, U.S. agriculture stands to miss out on billions of dollars in exports and risks losing market share once trade deals without the U.S….
National Honey Board Members and Alternates Named
…Hull, of Battle Lake, Minn. is the alternate marketing cooperative member. Board members selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture administer the program. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight…
Cost Studies for Growing Plums and Raisins in SJV
…UC Agricultural Issues Center, which is part of UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. For additional information or an…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
…leafhopper and host plant vegetation surveys in the agricultural areas of the desert the week of November 14th. Areas surveyed included Blythe, Holtville, El Centro, and Calipatria. BLH activity was…
Why US Dairy Exports Declined Last Year
A USDA economist says several factors led to a decline in dairy exports in 2015, after a decade of significant export growth. Dairy-Exports…
Dairy Exports to Increase by $500 Million in 2017
…prices around the globe and higher U.S. exports. The $500 million gain in dairy exports will make up about half of the overall growth in U.S. exports next year. Overall,…