…Secretary for the Farm Production and Conservation mission area. “We provide opportunities to qualified small, beginning and underserved farmers who are unable to obtain commercial credit, to help them get…
Agri View: Withdrawing from NAFTA
…jobs would dry up in the food and agriculture industries. The Gross Domestic Product would fall as much as 13 billion dollars from the farm sector alone. U.S. pork production…
Assistance Available to Agricultural Producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program
…for actively managing, maintaining, and expanding conservation activities like cover crops, ecologically-based pest management, buffer strips, and pollinator and beneficial insect habitat – all while maintaining active agriculture production on…
South Korean Market Demands American Beef in Record Numbers
…has been gaining momentum thanks largely to a bilateral trade deal. The 2017 drought in Australia caused a decrease in production, which was coupled with higher tariffs. For the past…
Sunpreme Raisins Show Quality Yields with Less Labor
…best production method for the variety, which illustrates significant promise for a substantial reduction in labor. “The vines can be pruned by machine and then the dried raisins can be…
Latest WASDE Report from USDA
…pork and broiler production. The egg production estimate is raised modestly on late-2017 production data. For 2018, the total red meat and poultry production forecast is raised as higher expected…
Mexican Fruit Fly Quarantine Issued in San Diego County
…resources to release sterile male Mexican fruit flies as a means of eradication. The release of 325,000 males per square mile each week will prevent the production of offspring, eventually…
Key Risks Keep Ag Outlook Cool
…and trade uncertainty remain key risks to the outlook. High yields boosted production of corn and soybeans to near-record levels for the fourth year in a row, creating higher inventories…
Livestock Outlook Positive for 2018
…about the cost of production and won’t pay a premium for the product if the quality isn’t there.” Robb noted during the workshop that the pork industry is considering setting…
U.S. Crop Prices Forecast to Remain Stable
…seeing anything that will significantly move the markets up or down in the short-term,” Coble says, “We’re going to see more sideways movement in the markets.” He calls cotton one…
Farm Bureau Re-elects President Zippy Duvall
…across counties A flexible cotton support program that considers cotton seed, cotton lint or both to help beleaguered cotton growers Strengthened and more flexible risk management and safety-net programs for…
Celebrating the Delicious Apricot
…way to North American when English colonists settled in Virginia. The apricot tree can grow to 45 feet if left unpruned. Almost all U.S. commercial production is in California, with…
U.S. Pork Farmers Get Outstanding Return on Checkoff Investment
…National Pork Board President. The most recent study covers the years 2011-2016. It showed that, among other returns on investment, each dollar invested in production research to benefit on-farm practices…
U.S. Ethanol Production Near Capacity but Constraints Limit Growth
…full potential because supply grew faster than demand. However, since 2011, the number of plants has remained steady, allowing production numbers to increase as plants utilize their maximum production capacity….