…flexibility for farms and small businesses. With a dependence on sound science, task force members will examine crop protection tools used by farmers and also address concerns regarding labor needed…
Sonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
…and not lament that the department might be faced with difficult challenges. As a youngster growing up on a dairy and diversified row crop farm in rural Georgia, Perdue never…
Syngenta Corn Lawsuits Underway
…huge corn crop in 2013 that pushed prices lower. In June, Syngenta faces trial in a class-action lawsuit brought by Kansas farmers seeking $200 million, plus punitive damages. Another trial…
Agri View: Spring Crop Damage
Everett Griner talks about spring brings more bad weather, and damage, to the fruit crops in today’s Agri View. Spring is always a welcomed time of year…
FSA and NRCS Officials Ask for Your Help in Controlling Palmer amaranth
…one plant can produce a quarter-million seeds. We are concerned that this weed may cause conservation planting stand failure and spread from conservation plantings into crop fields. It can greatly…
Idaho Researcher: Farmers Benefit from Drought
…period in the United States, the value of crop production in the U.S. set records in 2012 and 2013. He made the comments during a joint meeting of the Western…
California Grape Acreage Report, 2016 Summary
…questionnaire contained previously reported crop, variety, and acreage information preprinted. Producers were asked to update the information with new plantings, removals, and any other corrections; new growers were mailed a…
Lasagna Garden
…newspaper or cardboard. Spray water on top of each layer, then cover the compost pile with a breathable cover or tarp. You can pile your lasagna garden up to two…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…Indemnity Program paid out more than $134 million to cover the deaths of 2.5 million poultry and 200,000 livestock from 2013-2015. The group thinks the USDA is giving out the…
Agri View: Pollinator Problem Worldwide
…crop pollinators and none of them are safe from the bee problem. There estimate is that 16 to 40 percent of those pollinators are in danger. The U.S. alone has…
2017 Corn Plantings Falling Behind
…wet forecast. USDA currently projects U.S. farmers to plant four million fewer corn acres in the 2017-18 crop year at 89.9 million acres. AFBF says significant weather complications due to…
Bee “Bed and Breakfast” Gets Helping Hand from Science
…Touchet, Washington, to unearth new clues to improve the lives of the crop’s chief insect pollinator: the alkali bee. Alkali bees are champion alfalfa flower pollinators—even outperforming the respected honey…
China Growing Less Corn as Acreage Drops
Farmers in China will plant less corn this season, resulting in the nation’s smallest crop in six years. A poll by Reuters finds that during the spring planting season, growers…
DDG Prices at Lowest Point in a Decade
…tough stance on trade by the White House is making things risky for DDG sellers. Any threat to crop shipments means inventories, which are already piling up, will continue to…