There is surplus of almond hulls in California. That inventory gets larger every year with less dairy production in the state to sell to. Research is looking to find new…
Pacific Region Egg and Poultry Report
California Egg Production California’s egg production during May totaled 297 million, up 6 million from April’s production and up 16 million from May 2015. The all layers during the month…
Pacific Region Cattle and Livestock Review
…May 2015. Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.51 million head, up 6 percent from May 2015. Veal production totaled…
Agri View: New Nut Champion
…The value of the 2014 pecan crop was $517 million, an increase of 12 percent from 2013. Commercial pecan production was reported in 14 states. Over three-fourths of U.S. pecans…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
…of milk production each week,” said Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF. “When other countries disingenuously use policies and regulations to block those sales – especially in light of…
Agri View: Pork Exports
…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…