…eight states considering the “right-to-repair” legislation that would invalidate the John Deere licensing agreement. It would also prevent farmers from suing for “crop loss, lost profits, loss of goodwill, or…
Ag Groups Divided on Health Care Reform
…support repeal of mandates that require individuals to purchase insurance and employers to cover their employees,” Duvall said. “Instead, we support a system that incentivizes people to plan for their…
Agri View: Downstream Dilemma
Everett Griner talks about what is put in the soil eventually ends up downstream in today’s Agri View. Downstream Dilemma It doesn’t matter what the crop is or where it…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…that it threatens the viability of the crop. The race has intensified to find solutions to downy mildew, a problem especially difficult for organic farmers because there is currently no…
Yara West Sacramento is Newest Addition
…Ankarstrand, “will impact half a million acres of crop production across 20 different large-acre crops, which in turn will generate $500 million of farm revenue this year. This speaks to…
Fresno State Signs Ag Academic Pact with Brazilian University
…16 postgraduate agriculture programs in economics, administration, animal, bioengineering, crop, entomology, food, forestry, plant and soil sciences. The new agreement will strengthen a relationship that has already included five-month practical…
Agri View: Little known Peanut Facts
Everett Griner talks about little known facts about peanuts in today’s Agri View. Little known Peanut Facts It is a crop that most people know nothing about. It is an…
The Western View: The Blossom Trail
…bloom. They are starting their year, growing another crop. The white blossoms of the almonds are gone in Fresno county, butt the pinks of the stone fruit are exploding with…
Agri View: Power of Positive Thinking
…one of them. If a man thought he would lose money on a potato crop, he planted soybeans. See where the story goes. Will Rogers was right. It is optimism…
Funding to Support Specialty Crop Pest Management
…crops. Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops (including floriculture). The deadline for applications is May 1, 2017. See the request for…
Pesticide Rule Revisions Help, Still Unneeded
…they could use on a particular crop. “If it’s any pesticide I may use, I may list 40 pesticides of which 95 percent of them I won’t use,” Isom said….
The Western View: On Getting Old
…That’s the year you can join AARP. But of course you’re not really old then – they put all these young looking actors and actresses on the cover of their…
Group Urges Trump to Protect Crop Insurance
A group of 60 national farm, lending, ag input, conservation, and crop insurance and reinsurance organizations, led by the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau, sent a letter to the Administration…
Maximizing Profits with Poultry Litter
…poultry-house materials) contains nitrogen and phosphorus—both important crop nutrients. Applying poultry litter to the soil also recycles some of the tons of litter generated annually by poultry operations throughout the…