…last month due to higher supplies. Changes for 2015/16 include higher exports and lower ending stocks. Exports are increased 60 million to a record 1,940 million bushels based on official…
Governor Signs Ag Overtime Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown signed the ag overtime bill, Assembly Bill 1066, which will phase in new overtime rules for agricultural employees over the next four years. The bill was…
CA Navel Orange Objective Measurement Report
Navel Orange Production Forecast The initial 2016-17 Navel orange forecast is 84.0 million cartons, according to a survey conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of the total Navel orange…
NPPC, Farm Bureau Win FOIA Case Against EPA
…drop a proposed data reporting rule for large farms because of concerns about the privacy and biosecurity of family farms.) After objections from NPPC, the Farm Bureau and other agricultural…
Dairy Groups Urge Challenge to Dairy Agreement in Canada
…dairy ingredients and would unfairly subsidize exports of Canadian dairy products. If ratified, the agreement would take effect November 1, 2016. In addition to the three U.S. organizations, the other…
Ag Producers Cut Expenses by Nine Percent
Farmers and ranchers cut their production costs by roughly nine percent last year. A report in Successful Farming said the cuts were caused by an end to the agricultural boom…
Agri View: Pecan Marketing Order
…shelled nut exports have been on the rise since 2011 there are a lot of places that don’t even know what a pecan is. Including some places here in the…
National Mango Board Members Named
…Balarezo, of Piura, Peru; and Eddy Rene Martinez Moran, of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight of the National Mango Board…
DPR Takes Action Against Grower
…A subsequent investigation by the Kern County Agricultural Commissioner and DPR also detected the pesticide on the crop, destined to be made into raisins, at M Kooner Farms located at…
Heritage Foundation Looking to the 2018 Farm Bill
…free the agricultural sector from harmful government intervention. America’s Robust Agricultural Sector Most domestic agricultural production comes from large producers. For example, only 4 percent of farms (those with sales…
Investment to Spur Agricultural Innovation
…Monterey County ($1,300,695)-proposes to establish a cooperative model for pooling resources to comply with water quality regulations, making conservation practices more widely applicable in high-value, irrigated agricultural lands, leading to…
No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
…Bill as a tool to support prices and avoid sugar forfeitures when there is excess sugar in the marketplace. USDA’s Aug. 12, 2016, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report…
Corn, Potatoes and Vegetable Production Practices
…chemical ingredients they apply to agricultural commodities through fertilizers and pesticides. The program currently alternates focus each year among vegetables, fruit and key field crops. The Agricultural Resource Management Survey…
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
…for U.S. agricultural exports reaching $23.5 billion. Sustained high demand for bulk commodities such as soybeans and cotton continues, and demand for high-value food, meat and alcohol products is surging….