…to address issues of water, air, and soil quality in agricultural production. “The challenges that farmers and ranchers face require innovative solutions to support their continued ability to produce the…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 08-29-22
…strawberry fields, and California leading the nation in funding opportunities for specialty crop programs. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous…
U.S. Interior Secretary Sees California Drought Impacts Firsthand
…an almond orchard, seeing what the California drought impacts look like on the ground. Kevin Herman of The Specialty Crop Company and past California Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) Chairman hosted…
Peterson, Outlaw on Next Farm Bill
…changes,” Outlaw said. “because otherwise, all we’re going to have is a status quo bill anyway.” “But we do have crop insurance,” Peterson added, “which I would say is the…
VofV: New Zealand Forecasts the Future of Agriculture Amid Climate Change
…example: Growers of kiwifruit already anticipate production moving from New Zealand’s North Island to the South Island, a complete upheaval of the current process. In addition, he gives a preview…
Ukrainian Grain Shipments Helping Global Supplies
…half of where they were last year, but that was an improvement from their projections the month before the corridor existed,” she said. “Each month, global production estimates are getting…
Almond Update: Soil Health Case Study Details Value of Cover Cropping
A new soil health case study from the Almond Board of California (ABC) highlights the value and benefits of cover cropping. The study details the cover crop practices implemented by…
MSOB: Biological Sector Garnering More Interest from Large Companies
…Biologicals is made possible by Marrone Bio Innovations, leading the movement to environmentally sustainable farming practices through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection, crop…
USDA Details How Organic Transition Initiative Will Take Shape
…opportunities for the organic sector and help farmers with moving into organic production. The new initiative is being supported by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Risk Management Agency, and Natural Resources…
Fall Propane Supply Outlook
…the Mid-year USDA acreage report, which showed that despite having planted 89 percent of the average corn crop by May 29, only 61 percent of that had emerged, 18 percent…
Ukraine Shipping More Grain
…ships laden with grain, laden with crops, laden with foodstuffs, have set sail from Ukraine. The vast majority of those have made it through the inspection station and are now…
New Food Supply Threat from Lack of Rice
…has caused India’s rice planting area to contract to its smallest level in three years. The threat to India’s rice production comes when countries across the world are struggling with…
Week in Review: New Water Strategy & A Good Year for Cotton So Far
…growers are making the best of it. Tomato growers dealing with branched broomrape are likely to have another mitigation strategy available to them for the next cropping season. Table grape…
Almond Update: Registration Open for the 2022 Almond Conference
…be a general session and a breakfast again focused toward growers. This will be more from our production research team but really have a focus on managing costs.” The Almond…