…create in Pennsylvania and take the jobs tied to those innovations. Pennsylvania’s largest agricultural product is dairy, with about 7,000 dairy farms in the commonwealth. This sector depends heavily on…
Lower Meat Prices Stall Food Inflation
…July, the index for food at home fell 0.2 percent, its seventh decline in the past nine months. Prices for dairy, cereal and bakery products fell last month, while fruits,…
Louisiana Flooding Destroys $14 Million of Rice
…what he called “a highly speculative estimate” of approximately $14.3 million in losses for the southwest Louisiana rice crop. This estimate does not include potential ratoon rice losses. Rice farmers…
Agri View: Advancement of Farming
…food, including fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy, that everyone eats (Prax, 2010). That’s a large change in the amount of people associated with producing food and making sure that everyone…
The Western View: Hay Technology
…The Western View Hayfinders.com is a new website created by a couple of New Mexico farmers. They built it to connect the consumer directly to the grower through classified ads…
USDA Grant to Support Future Farmers
…need to bring new farmers into the business. USDA has engaged its resources to provide new farmers improved access to land, credit and equipment. USDA is also extending crop insurance…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…recommendations are allowed to stand, farmers would essentially lose access to Atrazine, and that would cost farmers a lot of money. The National Corn Growers Association says the EPA report…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…to approve applications 30 days prior to the day farmers need workers. That delay, coupled with delays occurring at USCIS, places farmers in an impossible situation. We’ve heard from members…
Prospects Good for Record Almond Crop
…in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and to the north have received their full contracted allocations this year. Meanwhile, farmers on the west side of the valley continue to struggle with…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…for them. Thanks to this program, beginning farmers and ranchers have saved more than $14 million in premiums and administrative fees. More information on USDA’s assistance for beginning farmers and…
Climate Smart Agriculture
…presentations. Saline agriculture, the ability to produce crops with brackish water and in high salinity soils could potentially be of interest to California farmers who encounter these growing conditions. The…
Confidence Gaining in Brazil’s Agriculture
…confidence index surged 19.5 points to 102.1 in the second quarter of 2016. The surge follows an 18-month slump. The Index measures confidence among input suppliers, industry and farmers. Scaling…
Rural Mainstreet Economy Weakens
…straight month the overall index has remained below growth neutral. As a result of weaker farm economic conditions, bankers expect almost one in five crop farmers, or 19.5 percent, to…
Agri View: Equipment Sharing Plan
…just cotton pickers and corn combines. Farmers are learning that sharing equipment can save a huge amount of money, but it takes planning. It requires co-ordination and it requires good…