…growers and processors to interact with researchers and influential industry members on industry research, production news and regulatory issues. The three-day conference also features workshops and poster sessions dedicated to…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…and the National Pork Producers Council says the pork industry would be forced to cut production, raising prices for U.S. consumers. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Agri View: Farm Production
Everett Griner talks about centuries of production growth in today’s Agri View. Farm Production Well farming has long been America’s largest industry the number of farmers has steadily declined since…
New Process Quickly Analyzes Acrylamide in French Fries
…to Johanningsmeier. This research was supported by a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative Grant. Read more about this research in the November 2016 issue of…
November 2016 Farm Income Forecast
…billion) in cattle/calf receipts. A marginal expected gain in crop cash receipts is driven largely by a $5.3-billion increase in oil crop receipts, primarily soybeans, while feed crops (mainly corn)…
November Dairy Market Report
…imports was up slightly, at 3.8 percent, compared with 3.6 percent a year earlier. Milk Production U.S.milk production was 1.7 percent higher than a year earlier during July-September.Monthly growth—1.5 percent…
Farmers and Ranchers to Protect Working Grasslands
…the recent ranking period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands enrollment. Through the voluntary CRP Grasslands program, grasslands threatened by development or conversion to row crops are maintained as…
Agriculture Education Helping Grow the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…on Sustainable Food Production for local high school teachers. Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, expanded its Mobile Precision Ag Lab, a traveling high school agriculture curriculum, with more…
A Last Look at Winter Wheat Emergence and Condition
How does the winter wheat crop rate as it goes to bed for a long winter’s nap? Gary Crawford has the story. a-last-look-at-winter-wheat…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…services. Agroecosystems may include crop and animal production systems and pasture, range, and forest lands that are actively managed to provide economic, societal, and environmental benefits. Projects funded through this…
GAO Says RFS Likely to Fall Short of Greenhouse Gas Goal
…greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to fall as much as predicted under the 2007 law. A pair of GAO reports reached the conclusion after explaining there is limited production of…
Indonesia Planning to Stop Corn Imports by 2018 or Sooner
…domestic production of corn as part of its broad goal of food self-sufficiency. The ag minister says up to seven million hectares—or 17.3 million acres—of land would be needed for…
Vilsack Disappointed in China Biotech Approval Delays
…Commerce and Trade did not focus on approval delays for biotechnology, or genetically modified crop traits. Vilsack says China has made progress in the approval process, but “has not fully…
CDFA SWEEP Program Awards 167 Projects
…water pumps and renewable energy, and soil moisture sensors and irrigation scheduling programs that can assist farmers in applying water based on crop needs. SWEEP projects will result in both…