…production. Export value averaged $45.73 per head back to pork producers. The top U.S. pork export markets during the first quarter of 2016 were Mexico (470.4 million pounds and $355.9…
June Dairy Market Report
The June issue of the NMPF-DMI Dairy Market Report is now available online. It says that U.S.milk production was 1.2 percent higher in April than a year earlier,interrupting the pattern…
Agri View: Growing Mushrooms
…is outstripping supply! According to Ben Waterman, the Cornell University coordinator for a shiitake mushroom growing project in Vermont, “We could see eight times the current production and still maintain…
Climate Smart Israel – Visiting the ‘Financial Innovations Lab’
…the need for patience due to the seasonality of production agriculture. In addition to talking about the need for investment to stimulate accelerated and wide-spread adoption of Ag technologies, there…
National Pollinator Week
…and some birds, bats, and other insects, play a crucial role in flowering plant reproduction and in the production of most fruits and vegetables. Examples of crops that are pollinated…
Senate Biotechnology Compromise
…year ago, 275 House members voted on a bill to establish a voluntary nation-wide program that would give consumers access to information about their food, protect advancements in food production…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…Advisory board members farm in seven states and raise crops ranging from corn and soybeans to cotton, sorghum, wheat and potatoes. This kind of diversity will help ensure that ADC…
Climate Smart Israel – the Negev Desert
…a newly opened small case production winery in Moshav Givat Yeshayahu. Here we met with the coordinator of water and stream rehabilitation for the Society for the Protection of Nature…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…time changes in their behavior; and, new technology that enables simultaneous temperature and humidity control in greenhouses for optimal yield production. A greenhouse in Israel. Our last stop of the…
Honeybees-How to Keep Them
…disappear, leaving the brood behind to die—has afflicted Europe as well. And honey’s far from the only reason to care. In America alone, the pollinators enable the production of roughly…
Pacific Region Fruit and Nut Review
…grown in California. The production forecast is based on a survey of dried plum growers conducted by the USDA, NASS, Pacific Regional Office from May 12-31, 2016. The 2016 dried…
New Website for Northern CA Producers
…should be a good one-stop-shop for anyone with northern California orchards to find the information they need. New Website Resource for Sac Valley Tree Crop Production From UC ANR: The…
Almond Growers Now Have Irrigation Calculator
…production practices that are economically viable and are based upon scientific research, common sense and a respect for the environment, neighbors and employees. The result is a plentiful, nutritious, safe…
NMPF Chairman Mooney Speaks on Capital Hill
…increasing 435% since 2000. In addition to helping boost milk prices, these exports have “supported more than 120,000 American jobs solely at the dairy production and manufacturing levels,” he said….