…comes from assets like land, livestock, and the machinery farmers use in production. The death tax often forces families to pay based on the non-liquid value of those assets. Brunner…
Agri View: Weather Changes
…rise? Well whatever is causing the weather changes say they will continue to exist. Here is the point. Nothing will be impacted more by climate change than food production. Think…
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Production Report
California Egg Production California’s egg production during December totaled 302.2 million, up 17 million from November’s production and up 13 million from December 2015. The all layers during the month…
Almond Board: Tools for Managing Irrigation
…Board of California has invested heavily in the area of water irrigation strategies and technologies that conserve water while optimizing almond production and tree health, as well as in ways…
California Milk Production
California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows for December that produced 3.38 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is up 5 percent from November, 2016 and…
Agri View: Tough Year
…Well can sales of used farm equipment attract bigger crowds and more buyers? It is likely to be a year of cutting back on crop inputs. Save money any way…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service USDA-NRCS rangeland scientist Emilio Carrillo tests the new LandPKS mobile app on his smartphone. Photo by Jeffrey Herrick. New mobile phone applications (“apps”) are…
2016 Biodiesel Market Skunks Previous Records
…$11.42 billion in total impact. Economic benefits increase substantially with growing domestic production, rather than imports. For example, just 2.5 billion gallons domestic production would support at least 81,600 U.S….
Agri View: Gulf Dead Zone
…as farmers fertilize their lands preparing for crop season, rain washes fertilizer off the land and into streams and rivers. Learn more with this video visualization. Less oxygen dissolved in…
Geneticist Edward Buckler Awarded First NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…the National Academy of Science‘s first ever Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences for pioneering the use of large scale genomic approaches to associate genes with crop traits. This work…
EU Dairy Farmers Spray Milk Powder in Price Protest
…the move would depress prices throughout Europe. A spokesperson with the European Milk Board says “only a real price increase and long-term stability on the market can save milk production…
CCM Supports Stay on Argentine Lemon Rule
…and diseases known to be present in northwest Argentina.” The final rule, issued on December 23, 2016, creates significant vulnerability for the domestic citrus crop to invasive pests and diseases….
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…States. This issue must be on the table in any discussion about the future of NAFTA.” McKnight noted that “the U.S. dairy sector exports 15 percent of its milk production,…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Re: Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture
…to the success of our nation’s farmers and ranchers. More than 25 percent of all U.S. ag production ultimately goes to markets outside our borders. “While President Trump signed an…