…Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from farm production to consumer foods. With 2013…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…have access to groundwater. Due to water cutbacks last year, the farm was forced to reduce one-third of its production, Van Vleck noted. Whereas last year she was spending much…
UC Studies Outline Costs of Tomato Irrigation Systems
…University of California Cooperative Extension. The studies focus primarily on production costs in the counties of Yolo, Solano, Sacramento and San Joaquin. The two separate studies list estimated production costs…
USDA Announces the Availability of $16 Million to Support Food Production
…will increase food security by improving agricultural production systems at the regional and national levels and by encouraging diverse agricultural production.” The goal of the AFRI Food Security challenge area…
Fruit & Nut Review
DECEMBER CROP COMMENTS – CALIFORNIA The grape crop, which accounts for 88 percent of the 2014 United States utilized grape production, is down 12 percent from the previous year. The…
USDA Invests $18 Million to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
…production and aquaculture for new and beginning farmers in New Orleans. The BFRDP program, first established by the 2008 Farm Bill, aims to support those who have farmed or ranched…
California Continues to Lead as Fresh Market State
…the Nation’s utilized production of the leading noncitrus fruit crops totaled 18.9 million tons, down 3 percent from the 2013 utilized production. Utilized production decreased from 2013 for Oregon cultivated…
Kern Ag Community Continues to Promote Successful Spray Safe Effort
…which currently includes; Kern County Farm Bureau, California Safety Training Corporation, Sunrise Sprayers, Grapevine Vineyards, Wegis & Young, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Crop Production Services Inc., Grimmway Enterprises Inc., DM…
Western View: The Persistent Pecan
…crop better. Presently there are less than 4,000 acres of pecans in production in California, which is hardly a single nut in the can compared to pistachios or almonds. The…
Nationwide USDA Organic Survey Underway
…agriculture production. The survey is a complete inventory of all known organic producers that are certified, exempt from certification, and transitioning to certified organic production. “Total organic product sales by…
International Center for Water Technology receives up to $1.12M grant
…companies in the water technology field to gravitate here. Fresno is an obvious choice to build partnerships because of its reputation as a world leader in agricultural production, so we…
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…increase food production prices in California as opposed to our competitors.” Carolyn O’Donnell of the California Strawberry Commission described chloropicrin as “critical” to the control of certain soilborne pests, and…
Tomato Processors Expect to Contract 15 Million Tons in 2015
…will be largest crop on record. Processors estimate that the contracted production for 2015 will come from 310,000 acres producing an average yield of 48.39 tons per acre. The contracted…
Farm Bureau Approves Strategic Action Plan for 2015
…the environment. “The American Farm Bureau Federation represents farmers and ranchers who use every type of agriculture production system to provide the safest food possible,” Stallman said. “Many of our…