…feeling, but we understand that significant challenges still lie ahead. With record-large pork production and beef production also trending higher it’s more important than ever that we capitalize on our…
Subcommittee Evaluates Effectiveness of Specialty Crop Production Programs
…at benefiting specialty crop production. Members heard from a panel of witnesses who highlighted the various programs available for specialty crops ranging from promotion programs and crop insurance to trade…
California All-Orange Forecast Drops 2 Percent
…Statistics Service in Washington, D.C. Read the full citrus crop forecast report. The next USDA citrus crop forecast will be released on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 12 noon Eastern/9…
Almond Board: Hive Removal and Bee Forage
…and strategies that balance bee and crop health. In addition to the Almond Board’s Honey Bee Best Management Practices (BMPs) recommendations on pest control decisions and materials, the BMPs also…
Agri View: Rising Control Cost
…problems that cost them a lot of money. But none of them face the situation that farmers do. Production problems tend to stay solved. But that isn’t the way it…
Harvest Update, ACP and Marketing at Citrus Showcase
…CCM’s president also talked about how this season is faring with all of the rain. “We have a short crop — shorter than we have had in the last couple…
Large Family Farms Continue to Dominate U.S. Agricultural Production
…that includes sales of crops and livestock, government payments and other farm-related income. These small farms, however, only accounted for 24 percent of the value of production. By comparison, large-scale…
Farmers Union Hosting 115th Convention
…panels on the upcoming farm bill and conservation in agriculture, and industry experts focusing on consolidation in the agricultural sector, renewable fuels, and sustainable food production. Farmers Union delegates will…
U.S. HPAI Sparking Import Bans
…the United States. HPAI is plaguing parts of global poultry production as several countries in Europe and Asia are dealing with multiple outbreaks. HPAI was last found in the U.S….
Agri View: Citrus Disease Eradication
…penny. Now another insect has taken over. Not in cotton. In citrus fruit production. Florida citrus industry is doing all it can to halt the destruction. But it seems the…
January Dairy Product Report
January 2017 Highlights Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 1.04 billion pounds, 3.7 percent above January 2016 but 1.2 percent below December 2016. Italian type cheese production totaled 452…
Agri View: Does Size Matter
…this happen? Because farmers are better educated they say. But mid-sized farms are still essential to overall farm production all over America. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
Almond Board: When Should You Water?
…almond production and tree health, as well as in ways to protect ground-and surface-water from potential runoff or leaching of grower inputs. One of these investments is the Almond Irrigation…
India Reconsidering Wheat Import Tax
…a supply shortage after two years of drought. Higher imports and expectations of a bumper crop this year have government officials seriously thinking about re-instituting the import tax. The Prime…