Crop Report Plus…a report that takes the annual Crop Report further Crop Report Plus relates to the economic contributions of Imperial County Agriculture that quantifies data from the ag industry…
Almond Board: Sanitation a Must for NOW
…be adequate to prevent the moths from infesting the almond crop when navel orangeworm numbers are low to moderate in a given area. Sprays are timed using egg traps or…
California Avocado Industry Remains Strong Despite Wildfire Damage
…said Vice President of Industry Affairs for the California Avocado Commission Ken Melban. Early projections had indicated about a 400 million pound crop this year. “We will easily have probably…
U.S. Crop Prices Forecast to Remain Stable
…Mississippi State University. He spoke to attendees of the American Farm Bureau national convention during a workshop on global crop trends and the U.S. farm policy forecast for the year…
Agri View: California Citrus
Everett Griner talks about California citrus crop in today’s Agri View. California citrus crop was bigger than Florida’s this year for the first time ever. Everett explains the reasons for…
Farm Bureau Re-elects President Zippy Duvall
…reform, crop insurance, biotechnology and more. “Today’s actions give us a clear roadmap at a time when farmers are on the verge of their fifth consecutive year of shrinking net…
Winter Wheat Growers Holding on Through Cold Snap
…days. Hard red winter wheat growers in Kansas and Oklahoma are already not expecting to have a large crop this year. They’ve been battling lower prices because of a large…
USDA/NIFA Announces Support for Crop Breeding Research
…for advancing crop breeding. Additionally, EAGER addresses the barriers to improving crop varieties, such as producing hybrids, understanding recombination, and epigenetic inheritance. This EAGER opportunity invites proposals to overcome these…
Winterkill Likely in Wheat Belt
A large portion of the nation’s winter wheat crop lacks a protective layer of snow cover and meteorologists are saying the recent deep freeze is doing some damage. Snow cover…
USDA Wants More Done to Combat Crop Insurance Fraud
The Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the Risk Management Agency hasn’t done enough to combat crop insurance fraud. Since 2001, the RMA has contracted with the…
Almond Board: 2018 Research Funding
…best practices based on that research investment, which has built a foundation for continuous improvement that is helping almonds to be an economically, environmentally and socially responsible crop for California….
Report: Vertical Farming Happening Now
…controlled environment to grow crops, with high-data monitoring. Stanford says vertical farms offer year-round growing capacities, less water consumption, and improved crop predictability. For example, AeroFarms, a 70,000-square-foot vertical farm…
Agri View: California Disasters
…there is such a thing, to all of this destruction. Everett explains that reports are telling us that almost 90 percent of the crop had been harvested when the fires…
Marijuana Operation Seeks Farm Status in Washington State
…producer. The state has previously said the farm was too small for the exemption. The agency claims that Green Freedom’s greenhouses and other farm operations cover only 3.2 acres, falling…