…aerial application. Better know as crop dusting. Just watching a pilot in action gives me chills. Applying chemicals onto the field is a lot more than just handling the aircraft….
Farm Bureau Compares Crop Insurance to Ad Hoc Disaster
…crop insurance provides certainty that in the event of a loss a farmer will be indemnified based on a portion of the value of the crop or livestock. Under crop…
Crops Hold Onto Harmful Mutations That Reduce Productivity
…fixing these kinds of rare mutations, which could lead to improved crop yields, more efficient high-performing plants and being able to grow crops on less acreage,” said Karl Kremling, lead…
Almond Matters: Foliar Disease Protection
…disease, almost doing it on a preventative basis, because once the disease gets started you begin to suffer losses in production.” Classifying foliar diseases by two seasons does not mean…
Agri View: Urban Farming
Everett Griner talks about urban farming just another way to grow food in today’s Agri View. There is a new term for small vegetable production. At least it is new…
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
…natural ecosystems and affect the production of important crops, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Insect pollinators contribute an estimated 24 billion dollars to the U.S. economy annually. Read the…
Farm Bureau Praises Withdrawal of Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule
…of our food. The rule did not promote food safety or animal welfare. It went beyond the intent of the Organic Production Act by allowing for animal welfare standards and…
USDA/NIFA Invests in Exploratory Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded grants to support the initial development of innovative ideas in agriculture and food production through the…
Final Grape Crush Up Slightly Over Last Season
…2016. Average prices for the 2017 crop by type were as follows: red wine grapes, $965.54, up 5.1 percent from 2016; white wine grapes, $587.73, down 1.8 percent from 2016;…
Latest RFS Bill Ignores Ethanol Benefits and Science
…to keep private land out of agricultural production and keep the lands in conservation uses, including grassland, forests, and pollinator habitat. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Business, Farm, Union Groups React to Trump’s Tariffs
…imported steel and aluminum. Higher production costs mean higher prices, making American products more expensive, thereby putting American jobs at risk.” The Farmers for Free Trade Coalition says it expects…
Agri View: Planting by Zodiac Signs
…to plant a crop. Now, you might call that superstition, but, it worked. I tried it one year and I had the most productive spring garden I had ever planted….
Cap on Conventional Ethanol RINs Will Reduce Biodiesel Market
…will significantly harm the production of biodiesel and related industries. Although some believe that limiting the price of RINs for the conventional biofuels market won’t harm biomass-based diesel volumes, the…
USDA Trims Red Meat Production Numbers
…which will be offset by somewhat higher fed beef production and higher non-fed beef production in the first half of 2018. Pork production is lowered through the first half of…