…similar fashion to the 2014 farm bill, which took an extra year to finalize. Other priorities for NASDA focus on enhanced funding for invasive species programs, the Specialty Crop Block…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…It’s hurting a lot of commodities—corn, wheat— and that ripples all the way into California even if they’re really Midwest crops.” It doesn’t help that the processing-tomato market is in…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change the way crops are maintained worldwide, saving millions of gallons of water each year…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, rice, soybeans, sugar, wheat, and wool; the Commodity Credit Corporation; risk management policies and statutes, including Federal Crop Insurance; producer data and privacy issues. Rep. Rick…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…history of the crop insurance program, says crop insurance helped cover the 2012 drought shortfall and saved 20,900 jobs across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, with an annual labor…
Agri View: Hard Choices
Everett Griner talks about why farmers are facing hard choices for their upcoming crops in today’s Agri View. Hard Choices You know not everybody stops to think that we would…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…Export reports are typically published within the corresponding crop year report. While data is made available throughout the year, crop year and export reports are published typically about one year…
Making Spinach with Low Oxalate Levels
…Scientists with the ARS’s Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, California, and the University of Arkansas conducted a study to find genetic components related to oxalate concentrations in…
USDA NASS Conducting Certified Organic Survey
…provide data for USDA’s Risk Management Agency to evaluate crop insurance coverage to help provide adequate pricing for organic producers. The report, to be released September 2017, will also assist…
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…planting cover crops between the rows of his orchard. “We’ve done soil health cover crops like triticale, but we got some vetch, clover and mustard crops to see if we…
Almond Board: Tools for Managing Irrigation
…practices. Recognizing that growers may be operating at different stages of irrigation efficiency, the Continuum provides information at three proficiency levels (1.0, 2.0 and 3.0), each covering the following concepts…
Agri View: Tough Year
…Well can sales of used farm equipment attract bigger crowds and more buyers? It is likely to be a year of cutting back on crop inputs. Save money any way…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
…and site-specific topographic data, while the LandCover module can document ground cover, vegetation height, plant density, and spatial patterns of vegetation affecting soil erosion. The collected information is stored in…
Agri View: Gulf Dead Zone
…several coastal states. Some of these dead zones cover large areas. Now is anything being done to handle the problem. Yes. But it won’t happen quickly. Nor will it be…