…full potential because supply grew faster than demand. However, since 2011, the number of plants has remained steady, allowing production numbers to increase as plants utilize their maximum production capacity….
USDA/NIFA Announces Support for Crop Breeding Research
…for advancing crop breeding. Additionally, EAGER addresses the barriers to improving crop varieties, such as producing hybrids, understanding recombination, and epigenetic inheritance. This EAGER opportunity invites proposals to overcome these…
Agri View: Hog Farming
…talks about hog farming in today’s Agri View. Raising hogs is hard work. Everett checks out what the new Guest Worker Program may do for hog farming and pork production….
Farm Bureau’s Duvall Praises ‘Fresh Air’ in D.C.
…agricultural production going to go? Ag trade is an American success story.” Immigration remains a key issue with American farmers. “We also have some work to do on immigration and…
New Zealand Production Drop Causes Dairy Prices to Rise
Dairy prices in the international market saw the steepest increase since May as New Zealand experiences dry weather conditions, causing a decline in production. New Zealand serves as the world’s…
Dairy Farming Desperate for Immigration Reform
…high in dairy production need a viable guest-worker program in order to find help on their operations. President Trump and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue have both said that immigration reform…
Winterkill Likely in Wheat Belt
A large portion of the nation’s winter wheat crop lacks a protective layer of snow cover and meteorologists are saying the recent deep freeze is doing some damage. Snow cover…
USDA Wants More Done to Combat Crop Insurance Fraud
The Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the Risk Management Agency hasn’t done enough to combat crop insurance fraud. Since 2001, the RMA has contracted with the…
Register for the 2018 Statewide Pistachio Day
Registration is open for the 2018 Statewide Pistachio Day happening at the Visalia Convention Center on Wednesday, January 17. The event will provide updates on the latest research-based production methods….
Almond Board: 2018 Research Funding
…best practices based on that research investment, which has built a foundation for continuous improvement that is helping almonds to be an economically, environmentally and socially responsible crop for California….
Report: Vertical Farming Happening Now
…controlled environment to grow crops, with high-data monitoring. Stanford says vertical farms offer year-round growing capacities, less water consumption, and improved crop predictability. For example, AeroFarms, a 70,000-square-foot vertical farm…
Demand Supporting Hog Prices
…of 2018 and by near four percent in the last-half of 2018. The theme for the pork market in 2017 was higher production and higher prices when pork production rose…
Agri View: California Disasters
…there is such a thing, to all of this destruction. Everett explains that reports are telling us that almost 90 percent of the crop had been harvested when the fires…
2018 Crop Prices Outlook
A University of Illinois economist expects 2018 crop prices to remain below high levels seen earlier this decade due to global inventories. Economist Todd Hubbs explains that global economic growth…