…are: — Water Management and Efficiency – A focus on accelerating almond farmer transition to more efficient irrigation scheduling and management practices to get the most crop per drop of…
Pistachio Production Lowest Since 2008
The low pistachio production this year was the lowest since 2008 and that was with a significant amount of production acres less than this year. Production Lowest in 7 Years…
Agri View: Tree Phenomenon
Trees. Not many people see trees as an American crop. America grows more trees than any other country. America supplies more wood for building than anywhere else. We plant two…
Climate Smart Ag Delegation Lands in the Netherlands
…Crop Block Grant Program. This program is a collaboration between the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands and CDFA to develop strategies and management practices to enable specialty crop…
Citrus Industry This Week: Indian River Crop Update; Irrigation Scheduling Methods
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes information about the USDA releasing US-1516 Citrus Rootstock, a crop update with Doug Bournique, and a discussion with Kelly Morgan about irrigation…
Poultry and the Hormone Myth Video
…about chicken production on several levels. Find our original story on the report here. The National Chicken Council (NCC) released new national survey findings on consumers’ perceptions about chicken production,…
Agri View: Satsuma Oranges
…South Alabama. It also had a ready market. About 1935 a devastating freeze killed most of the trees and the crop just vanished. Everett Griner talks about this quaint orange…
Almond Board: Almond Conference Next Week
…more content than ever with the implementation of five separate tracks that will run simultaneously. And, one of these tracks is dedicated entirely to production and environmental research updates. For…
Greater HLB-Resistant Rootstock Released
…Dr. Kim Bowman, in collaboration with or support from industry partners, including Florida Citrus Research Foundation, Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council, and Florida Citrus Research and Development Foundation. Dr….
USDA Begins 49th Enrollment Period for the Conservation Reserve Program
…how agricultural production can work hand in hand with efforts to improve the environment and increase wildlife habitat.” Participants in CRP establish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved grasses…
The Western View: Pecan Federal Marketing Order
…change in crop or demand from the 1960’s until recently. But now demand has been increasing, and growers see a chance to create a stable supply that grows with demand….
Busy December for Ag in Congress
…billion cut in crop insurance made in an earlier budget deal. Efforts are also underway to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial “Waters of the U.S.” rule as part of…
Americans Wrong on Chicken Facts
…on consumers’ perceptions about chicken production, revealing that nearly 80 percent of Americans mistakenly believe that chicken contains added hormones or steroids, when in fact no chicken sold or raised…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…are many opportunities to strengthen agricultural economies and bring more advanced methods of crop production to low-yielding agricultural regions. Other promising adaptations include reducing food waste through innovative packaging, expanding…