…group of major food companies, retailers, livestock producers, as well as trade and professional associations. The Framework for Antibiotic Stewardship in Food Animal Production agreed to by groups such as…
Almond Update: Participation Crucial for Industry Sustainability
…offers.” Growers who do take advantage of the program often see it in there bottom line as their production costs drop or yield totals rise. Aside from the individual benefit,…
Table Grape Industry Feeling Secondary Impacts of Tariffs
…provides the U.S. with fresh fruit beginning in December. With California being responsible for most of the domestic production of table grapes and having a sizable harvest that is currently…
Salinity Yield Trials in Alfalfa Show Interesting Results
After multiple years of production trials, researchers with the University of California Cooperative Extension have found that alfalfa can still be produced effectively using irrigation water with high salinity. The…
Sparkling Beverage to Ring in the New Year
…in production for the first time five years ago. Now, the wine has sales topping 75% more than Champagne, according to the Associated Press. Champagne’s higher price tags help it…
Overcoming the Challenges in the California Citrus Industry
…industry. “Regulations in California increase per-acre production costs for citrus by about $700 per acre. That’s a big number. Furthermore, citrus is disadvantaged because its labor intensive,” Babcock said in…
Developing an Organic Dietary Supplement for Poultry
…that can be used as an organic dietary supplement for poultry. “Poultry feed is the most expensive component of poultry production and to that feed growers will add methionine. Methionine…
Ag Groups Pleased with 2018 Farm Bill
Several agriculture groups are pleased with the 2018 Farm Bill. Groups such as the National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke out and…
Looking for the 2019 Agriculturalist of the Year
…nominated must have clearly represented the industry over a number of years in one or more of the following areas: finance, government, production agriculture, education, labor, research, communications, trade, and…
We’ve Got You Covered. With Quality Copper.
…product An OMRI listing for use in organic crop production coupled with a lower use rate for less environmental load results in safe, effective crop protection. See this interactive guide…
Improving LREC for Better Community Engagement
…agricultural production and specifically the citrus industry. “We’d like to put in an eating area and an amphitheater and just really expand what we do in terms of outreach about…
Perdue Details USDA Functions in the Event of a Lapse in Federal Funding
…for those producers who have not certified production, and disaster assistance programs). A summary of USDA’s shutdown plans can be found here. A list of shutdown plans by USDA agency and…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…to rigorous control and regulatory activities carried out by USDA, state departments of agriculture, the U.S. cotton industry, and growers, pink bollworm was eliminated from all cotton-producing areas in the…
Avocado Producers Bracing for Light 2019
…Newspaper that they are estimating about 167 million pounds of production for 2019. That’s about half of the 334 million they are assuming will be the final total for this…