The U.S. Department of Agriculture has set Price Loss Coverage payment rates for 2015 crops of wheat at 61 cents per bushel and oats at 28 cents per bushel. However,…
Agri View: Money Crops
Everett Griner talks about money growing on trees in today’s Agri View. Money Crops From: USDA Economic Research Service Fruit and Tree Nuts The U.S. fruit and tree nuts industry…
Conservation: The California Lifestyle
…unused lawn without compromising beauty. DWR staff will be on hand to explain how to help cover the cost of landscape updates through the State’s turf rebate program. The DWR…
Drone Rules Ease Concerns, Should Increase Ownership
…will increase ownership of drones. “If you asked FAA last month, they would say that a farmer flying a drone to look at his crops is illegal. It’s commercial use,”…
Farming from the Heart- Our Future
In the agriculture industry we understand the circle of life quite well. The seasons change, the crops are harvested, the animals go to feed the world. And by the next…
Water Bond Funding Could be Stretched Thin
…looking for Prop 1 money won’t succeed. “There are $20 billion in projects that have been proposed and half of that would have to cover the public benefit side,” Wade…
Monitoring Anthracnose After Wet Spring
…the dry springs we’ve had the last couple of years,” Lightle said. Anthracnose can be a significant issue as Lightle says it affects the crops marketability. “Obviously it causes direct…
World Food Prize Honors
…which the four distinguished 30th Anniversary World Food Prize Laureates are being honored in 2016 – the development and implementation of biofortification, breeding critical vitamins and micronutrients into staple crops,…
Agri View: Pesticide Use and Losing Ability to Produce
…not available, entire crops could be wiped out and the stability of our food supply would be destroyed. For example: “Without pesticides, U.S. food production would drop and food prices…
Tools to Help Dairy Farmers
…2016, for coverage in calendar year 2017. Farmers already participating in the program can change their coverage level during this three-month enrollment window. Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of NMPF…
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
…its first forecast for the 2016 U.S. sweet cherry crop at 318,000 tons, down 6 percent from a year ago. Smaller crops in the two largest producing States—Washington and California—…
Grove Shows Need for Soil Moisture Tools
…with the water available. “Tensiometers are one tool,” Rosecrans says. “I have a couple weather stations with moisture probes attached to them. I use an irrigation calculator for many crops…
Safe Fruit and Juice
…Ours. Safe Fruit and Juice From: USDA Agricultural Research Service Appalachian Fruit Research Station Genetic Enhancement of Fruit Crops Research Unit FasTrack Breeding Initiative ‘FasTrack’ plums flowering and fruiting in…
National Pollinator Week
…flowering plants, and nearly 75% of our crops. Often we may not notice the hummingbirds, bats, bees, beetles, butterflies, and flies that carry pollen from one plant to another as…