…issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability, and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign up for…
Agri View: Expanding Nut Production
Everett Griner talks about various types of nut production is not just in California and Georgia any longer in today’s Agri View. Expanding Nut Production The whole world is consuming…
Farmers Market Frosty Summer Smoothies
…smooth, and add more milk if needed. 3. Enjoy! Check us out on Facebook! – facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty MUSIC Jet Set Go_Main Licensed via Warner Chappell Production Music Inc. Created by https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/……
Agri View: Job Losses Due to Automation
…industry. It speeds up production and increases overall output. Driverless tractors, milking machines, drone aircraft, just to name a few. It keeps growing. But, there is a downside to all…
Coffee Grown in California
…very well on quality tests. And, in time, with new technology and more production, the cost per harvest is likely to go down. For decades, the only serious coffee-growing region…
Agri View: Dangerous Jobs
…a tractor, highest rates of fatalities occur in the Midwest, Northeast, and South regions of the US in farms involved in crop production among farm family members among older operators…
Late-Harvest Processing Peaches Bring More Green
…compared to extra-early harvest varieties. UC researchers studied the cost of production for extra-early harvested varieties and late-harvested varieties for processing in the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento. Processors will…
Agri View: Grape Farming Expanding
Everett Griner talks about grape farming and wine production in more than just California in today’s Agri View. Grape Farming Expanding You know it takes good grapes to make good…
Agri View: Chemical Challenge to Control Insects
…pay a heavy price in other ways. With no way to control bugs, insects, and weeds. The production of just about every food item grown on the farm would come…
APHIS to Allow Importation of Fresh Pitahaya Fruit from Ecuador
…trapping, pre-harvest inspections, and indicates that only fruit from approved production sites may enter the United States. In addition, packinghouses in Ecuador must put in place procedures to stop the…
Pork Industry Expanding
…will increase as much as 8-10 percent by 2019, when five processing facility construction projects are complete and fully operational.” He expects hog production to rise between two and four…
Agri View: Weather is Important for Crop Outlook
…for cotton and grain farmers back in early April. In storage supplies of all crops was above average and early planting intentions from the March survey was higher than expected….
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…a realignment of several mission areas. The reorganization also included a reconstituted mission area reporting to a newly-named Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation. The U.S. Forest Service, given…
Senators Want NAFTA Renegotiations to Address Canada Poultry Market
…growth for more than 20 years,” according to Politico. Similar to dairy, Canada maintains a strict supply management system on poultry production. The system’s import restrictions and production limits are…