Producing a crop each year isn’t the only thing farmers have to worry about. Everett Griner talks about a few of the biggest problems farmers are faced with each day…
Cotton Growers Prepare for 2018 Producer Information Exchange Tour
…information to help improve yields and increase fiber quality can help strengthen the American cotton industry as a whole. The program is sponsored by Crop Science, a division of Bayer,…
ASTA Promotes Safe Handling and Storage of Treated Seed during Harvest
…“Seed treatments provide farmers with an economical means of protecting seeds and seedlings against early-season insect pests and diseases—resulting in stronger and more uniform stands, healthier plants and higher crop…
Celebrating National Peach Month
…supplies nearly 49 percent of the United States fresh peach crop and more than 96 percent of processed peaches. Nutritionally speaking, one large peach, about 2 and 3/4 inch diameter…
U.S. Crop Protection Market Sees Sales Increase
…Group this week released its Crop Protection Manufacturers Report, which found the increase in planted crop acreage, particularly in soybeans and cotton, helped contribute to an increase in the sales…
Trade Aid for Farmers Could Start Late September
…for the 2018 crop year only, as Perdue says “we do not expect to do this over a period of time.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Opens Election Period for Seed Cotton Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that seed cotton producers, who want to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2018…
Record-Breaking Heat Streak Hurting Crops
The unrelenting triple-digit heat streak in many valleys of California is starting to affect crops. Burford Ranch said last week that they are finally seeing the effects in the Central…
Study: Farmers Will Buy Less Crop Insurance if it Costs More
…of Cornell University says, “crop insurance would likely respond fairly quickly to large cuts.” Woodard’s work was recently published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance. He says crop insurance…
Agri View: Imported Invasive Disease Problems
…and time consuming. If he intends to produce a crop. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner… Image credits: (both top feature images) Cotton blue disease (Cotton leafroll dwarf…
USDA Invests in Projects to Spur Innovation in Grazing Lands, Organic Systems and Soil Health
…cover crop selection, planting dates, roller type, planter modifications and termination methods lead to the most successful organic no-till outcomes for soil health, corn and soybean yields and farm profitability….
Water Recycling Projects Continue Improving Agricultural Water Supplies
…crop irrigation. A 2015 study from the Pacific Institute illustrated California’s seven major oil-producing counties have the potential to provide a combined 359 million gallons of OPW every day. There…
Groups Comment on Farmer Aid Package
…RVP relief. The ethanol industry is an important value-added market for corn growers and with another record crop on the horizon, any chance to create additional market opportunities will help….
Higher Inventory and Tariffs Impacting Cattle Markets
…crop, as well as a look at how rapidly the U.S. cattle herd is increasing. The July first all cattle and calves number was one percent higher than last year,…