…45 percent drop in the ruble against the dollar over the last few years and bumper crops. Last season, Russian topped the U.S. in wheat exports for the first time…
Brazil Opens Market for U.S. Corn Imports
…with an estimated 16 million metric tons less produced this year than the last growing season. This has halved exports and prompted imports from regional producers Argentina and Paraguay. To…
Early-Autumn Weather Affects Coastal Crops
…such as Navarro had it come in June or July; the late-season appearance of this one mitigated its effects. Navarro said he saw some burnt fruit in his fields, but…
Cargill Sales and Net Earnings Higher in 2016
…oils lifted segment earnings in Food Ingredients & Applications. Cocoa and chocolate products contributed to the upturn, though earnings were restrained by this season’s shortage of mid-crop cocoa beans in…
ACP Movement Shows History Repeating Itself
Research is looking at what we can learn from the Asian citrus psyllid’s (ACP) history, specifically ACP movement throughout Southern California. Psyllid finds in Central California are mimicking the insect’s…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…slowed, but harvesting, packing, and shipping to domestic markets continued. Lemons and Australian finger limes were harvested and packed. Florida Citrus In the citrus growing region, reported daily high temperatures…
Agri View: New Possibilities
…blueberries has vastly expanded. While many citrus growers continue to fight greening and half a dozen other diseases, there’s a lot of attention focused on pomegranates. It’s not a fruit…
Almond Board: Post-Harvest Irrigation Tools
…and it helps calculate and estimate how much water they’re going to need to apply each week throughout the season,” Cooper said. There are a few ways to learn more…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Central Florida team to test a bactericide against citrus greening disease, a problem that has cost the state of Florida alone more than $3 billion in lost revenue since 2007….
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
…and Florida Citrus Mutual in sponsoring monthly forecast updates throughout the citrus season. OnlyMoso USA officials say the company offers smaller acreage citrus growers in particular strong profit opportunities in…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
Having reduced their plantings in recent years due to the drought, California rice farmers are harvesting a bigger crop this season—but they are also feeling the pinch of lower market…
Iran Now Self-Sufficient in Wheat
…following a good growing season, the mood has changed in Iran with an increased domestic supply. Iran’s agriculture ministry said in June that 4.2 million metric tons of wheat had…
National Farm Safety Week
Cathy Isom has a Farm Safety Week reminder for farmers and their families to make sure this Fall’s Harvest season will go off without a hitch. That’s coming up on…
Soybean Planting in Brazil Arrives with Concerns
…Brazil’s worst recession in decades. Reports say the farmers in Brazil are in a troubling financial spot right now after a bad growing season last year. Many farmers are having…