…to those who will specialize in various phases of agriculture. One section will deal with plant breeding. Now, this will provide valuable information to anybody in crop production. How about…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…farmers as results of the confidential NASS crop survey play a key role in determining the implementation of farm payments and programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program (county option),…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
…and Resource Economics. When nuts and fruits are diverted back into the remaining markets for their crops, Sumner and co-author Tristan M. Hanon, a UC Davis graduate student researcher, expect…
Agri View: Domestic Grapes Still in Demand
…not for California there would not be a grape crop. It isn’t the grapes that makes it a vital crop. It is the by-product. You know what that is? No,…
Agri View: Rice Outlook Looks Good
Rice fields in Central Valley California Everett Griner talks about one of the most consumed foods in the world, the 2018-19 rice crop outlook, in today’s Agri View. Rice Outlook…
Water Works: Deficit Irrigation in Processing Tomatoes
…what processing tomatoes are used for, tonnage is not necessarily the most accurate metric for crop success. University of California researchers have discovered an approach using deficit irrigation that can…
Costa on Tariffs Hurting the San Joaquin Valley
…members of Congress and specialty crop producers to ensure the producers receive mitigation dollars equal to the damage the specialty crop industry is already feeling from the retaliatory tariffs. Source:…
Agri View: Tree Nut Production and Value
…Production and Value Tree nuts are a very valuable crop in America. I mention them frequently because they are growing in value every year. Almonds are our biggest crop. Producing…
Farm Futures Releases Crop Production Survey
The growing season has been wide and varied for America’s corn and soybean crops. Harvest seems to be on track for good, but not great yields. That’s according to a…
Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops
…potatoes, rice, citrus and other crops that are better equipped to tolerate heat and drought, produce higher yields and resist a myriad of diseases and pests. Crops with greater resistance…
Chinese Import Tariffs May Climb Higher
…cover a wide selection of Chinese imports, including fruits, vegetables, garlic, and more. On June 18th, President Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to identify another $200 billion worth…
Agri View: Necessities of Farming
…in today’s world of agriculture. In a dry season it is one of the costliest parts of raising a crop. I didn’t figure this out. It was in a recent…
Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill
…his Agriculture Risk Coverage pilot program to allow for an alternate calculation method for crop payments when National Agricultural Statistics Service data is insufficient. The bill also increases funding for…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Businesses and Assets from Bayer
BASF has closed the acquisition of a range of businesses and assets from Bayer. The transaction, the company says, is a “strategic complement” to BASF’s crop protection, biotech and digital…