Some new changes make it easier for producers to donate excess food to a program that helps alleviate hunger and gives them a tax break. California farmers have the opportunity…
Psyllid Detection Locations Show Complacency
…change, oversight changes in an operation and so we just need to do a better job. At Citrus Mutual, we believe a stronger allocation toward underwriting enforcement at a local…
10 Percent of Farmland to Change Ownership
New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows 10 percent of all farmland will be transferred to new ownership by 2019. USDA says farmland owners planned to transfer 93…
Pesticide Initiative Launches Safety Pilot Project
…lettuce worker and member of the Farmworker Advisory Committee, feels that the change is very important. “Some farmworkers have been showing up for work and have been told by their…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…Minnesota’s soybeans aren’t exceptionally tall, but they podded well. Nebraska: 59 bu. per acre. The soybean crop in Nebraska is really tall, but is also heavily podded. In a change…
Almond Board: State of the Almond Industry
…wisdom switched to thinking the official number looked pretty accurate,” Waycott said. That switch led to a price change which in turn may be creating a good demand situation for…
Breaking Down Belt Pesticide Ban
…the last moment change one of the variables that significantly impacted their model and it’s responses.” Bayer appealed the decision, but it was upheld with a slight change. Growers and…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Raspberry Fruit
…measures to prevent the risk of entry of the fungus. APHIS will carefully consider all comments received by October 25, 2016, and then make its decision regarding any change to…
USDA Allowing Meat, Egg Products with “No GMO” Label
…the nationwide, voluntary GMO labeling law approved by Congress and signed by the President set rules for labeling products as GMO-free, allowing for the change. Previously, USDA only allowed the…
Senator Says TPP Will be A ‘Challenge’
…the agreement to Congress soon. North Dakota farmers stand to benefit from the trade agreement through agricultural exports. However, Politico reports as a result of the campaign-influenced climate in Congress,…
2017 Forecasted to Bring some Relief from Record Heat
…NASA 2016 Climate Trends Continue to Break Records Two key climate change indicators — global surface temperatures and Arctic sea ice extent — have broken numerous records through the first…
Agri View: Advancement of Farming
…has changed throughout history. There are over seven billion people in the world and that number is expected to grow to nine billion by the year 2050 (Simmons, 2011). That’s…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…the country. Each forum will focus on a pressing agricultural issue, including land tenure and the next generation of agriculture, climate change, export markets, local and regional food systems, and…
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…