…Sheppard: Importation and Preservation of Germplasm for U.S. Honey Bee Breeding and Stock Improvement Specialty Crop Block Grant Program In addition to ABC’s research program, CDFA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant…
Agri View: More Drought?
…to continue to develop through the winter. This coming winter. That means it will take a lot of irrigation to produce a crop this year. Here is a good part….
Kansas Senator Says Wheat, Sorghum Also Key Farm Bill Debate Commodities
…facing wheat producers.” Meanwhile, Moran says the threat of sugarcane aphids to sorghum is making it harder to make a profit on the traditionally low-input crop, meaning sugarcane acres may…
USDA Seeks Nominators to American Lamb Board
…purpose of the organization is in the production or marketing of lamb or lamb products. Any producer, seedstock producer, feeder, or first handler organization or association that wants to be…
$1.7 Million to Support Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities
…growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability and ensure food safety. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit…
Rising Demand for Organic and Non-GMO Grains Outpaces U.S. Production
Rising demand for organic and non-GMO foods led to a sharp rise in organic grain imports last year. A new report by CoBank says U.S. production of non-GMO crops has…
U.S. Distillers Grains Exports Reached 11.48 Million Metric Tons in 2016
U.S. exports of distillers grains (DG) — a high protein co-product of dry mill ethanol production used to feed livestock and poultry — totaled 11.48 million metric tons (MMT) in…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
…advances in dairy production efficiency, farmers can use FARM ES to assure dairy customers and consumers of their commitment to ongoing environmental progress. Producers can also use the results to…
Cotton Acres Forecasted to Increase 10 Percent
…competing crops and improved expectations for water.” Meanwhile, world cotton mill use is expected to exceed world production in 2017, and global cotton stocks are projected to decline by 7.7…
Agri View: Food Price Index
…prices will go unchanged through next spring. Meat prices will depend on production, and both beef and pork production is expected to rise. Now that is according to the Food…
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…bushels) of white and yellow corn from the United States. While the drought has eased, it’s likely South Africa will need corn imports until their local new crop becomes available…
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…prices of competing crops and improved expectations for water. For the past three years, U.S. cotton producers have struggled with low cotton prices, high production costs and the resulting financial…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…roses nowadays come from Colombia and Ecuador, where production costs are lower, he said. “We’ve been able to pivot toward other crops that continue to be successful for us and…
California Preliminary Grape Crush Report
…2015. Average prices for the 2016 crop by type were as follows: red wine grapes, $899.44, up 13.9 percent from 2015; white wine grapes, $594.01, up 9.9 percent from 2015;…