Food Price Survey

DanGeneral, This Land of Ours

…dropped. “Through the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased…

CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains

Taylor HillmanEnvironment

Although California continues to cope with some of the Nation’s most compromised air quality, farmers continued to reduce emissions from their operations in 2015. During 2015, California’s farmers, working with…

Agri View: Pigweed Research

DanAgri View, Environment

…leaf amaranths of other regions, it has not been cultivated or further improved by recent agricultural breeding. As a result, the primary economic importance of Palmer amaranth to American farmers…

Agri View: New Cash Crop

DanAgri View, Specialty Crops

…lead to excess supply on the global markets. This system has been criticized by traditional farmers. Coffee is an example of a product that has been susceptible to significant commodity…

First Group Testing ILRP Nitrogen Reporting

Taylor HillmanEnvironment, Water

…include joining a coalition group, obtaining coverage as an individual grower under general WDRs, or obtaining an Individual Permit. The coalition groups work directly with their member growers to assist…

What is GMO Food?

DanOrganic, This Land of Ours

…modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its unsuccessful Flavr Savr delayed-ripening tomato. Most food modifications have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such…

Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture

DanAgri View

…Later improvements resulted in machines that extracted virtually all the grain from the straw and thoroughly cleaned it. 4. Steam Engine: Until the end of the 18th century, American farmers…