…Affairs is Kurt Kovarik, who says, “Right now, soybean farmers are harvesting a record crop. However, they’re facing an extreme uncertainty about the price they’ll get and whether or not…
September USDA Stocks Report Bearish
…at 2.14 billion bushels, which is 138 million more than the last estimate of old-crop carryout. USDA says feed usage was likely smaller than expected, reducing the number of bushels…
California Sets the Bar for Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…such as plant health and pest management, specialty crop access and nutrition education, equipping current and next generation specialty crop farmers, environmental stewardship and conservation, and food safety. Fixed amount…
Recognizing the Size and Scope of the Forage Industry
…support as other crops. “The amount of research attention that those crops get is very, very small compared with some of our grain and other types of crops that have…
Cargill CEO Concerned with Long-Term Health of Ag in Trade Dispute
…levels in a decade as a result of the trade war and an expected record crop in the U.S. this fall. MacLennan of Cargill spoke with Chinese leaders over the…
Agri View: Learning from Native Americans
Cultivating Maize and Squashes with a Bone Hoe Hidatsa Indians Everett Griner talks about crops we learned to grow from Native Americans in today’s Agri View. Learning from Native Americans…
Perdue Comments on DOJ Filing in 9th Circuit Chlorpyrifos Ruling
…on well over 50 crops grown throughout the United States due to its efficacy and broad-spectrum activity across multiple pests. For some crops and target pests, chlorpyrifos is the only…
CDFA Accepting 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Applications
…to award funds to projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of California specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture)….
Agri View: Worst Wildfire Year Ever?
…isn’t row crop land that takes the worst beating in wildfires. The vast amount of grazing land, weather it is for domestic livestock or wildlife, has already been staggering. Here…
Bayer Says Dicamba Decision Likely Coming Soon
…The company says that number was down to 13 complaints per million acres of seed in 2018. Bayer estimates dicamba-tolerant crops covered 50 million acres this year and predicts that…
Florence Washing Away Cotton and Tobacco Crops
The record-setting and still-rising floodwaters of Hurricane Florence are wreaking havoc on cotton and tobacco crops in the Carolinas. North Carolina Farm Bureau spokesperson Lynda Loveland says it’s going to…
USDA Announces Investment to Expand Markets for Specialty Crop and Other Farmers
…of agriculture in 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to support farmers growing specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables,…
Tariffs Cause Decline in August Almond Exports
…almonds shipped in August. This year experienced a decrease of nearly nine percent, shipping only 154,227,371 pounds. As of August 31, the report also showed 189,498,340 pounds of crop receipts,…
